A new flight path for Navy aircraft coming into Naval Amphibious Base Coronado has resulted in decreased noise for residents living at the Coronado Shores; however, the volume levels are expected to increase again in May.
Capt. Ladislao R. Montero, commanding officer of Naval Base Coronado, updated the city on the Navy’s flight patterns over the Shores during a Naval Complex meeting on Feb. 24.
While Shores residents have complained about aircraft flying directly over the apartment buildings, worried about the planes being too close and too loud, Montero assured the community that all flights coming over the Shores are within full compliance with Federal Aviation Administration safety criteria.
“I understand and very much respect the residents concerned about noise. All of the approaches are safe,” Montero said.
Coronado resident Joe Ditler also thanked Montero for a new flight path that made some of the planes coming in quieter.
Some of the planes have been taking a slightly different approach to landing at Naval Air Station North Island and not passing over the Shores.
Montero said that this was due to better weather conditions allowing the pilots to fly using a visual approach. However, in a few months, that could change.
“As we go into May and June gloom, the cloud layer will come back down and those flights will go back to using instrument approaches that do fly over the Shores,” Montero explained.
