Less than a mile from Montgomery Field, a busy GA airport just outside San Diego, developer Sunroad Centrum is moving forward with plans to finish up a 180-foot-tall building that the FAA has deemed a hazard to navigation. That’s a bad idea, AOPA said last week. “This is a critical safety issue not only to pilots using the airport, but also to workers in the new office complex,” said AOPA Vice President of Airports Bill Dunn. “AOPA is appalled that the developer is blatantly ignoring the FAA’s ruling and the city’s order to stop working on the building.” AOPA has joined the city of San Diego and the California Department of Transportation as a real party of interest in a suit against the developer. A local pilots group, the Community Airfields Association of San Diego, has also joined in the suit.
