Update: August 2, 2019

BOAC confirms during their August 1, 2019 meeting that any change to the VNY waypoint will not affect any potential changes to BUR.

VNY SOLUTION IS TO BE PRESENTED

On Tuesday 8/6 Van Nuys Airport staff will make a presentation about the potential replacement/ change to the PPRRY waypoint that was implemented without notice in 2018 by the FAA, which has been directing VNY aircraft over the high fire hazard severity zone (FHSZ) and noise-sensitive Santa Monica Mountains and foothill area of Encino and Sherman Oaks, and parts of Bel-Air, Mulholland ridge and Studio City.

Since the formation of our organization in January of this year, we have worked with federal and local officials, the City of Los Angeles and LAWA's Board of Airport Commissioners (BOAC), on an immediate solution to return the PPRRY waypoint to a departure route that had successfully been in place for decades over an unpopulated area.

LAWA has been working closely with the FAA since March on a solution that will be presented on Tuesday night. While we have not yet seen it, our understanding is it will bring some relief but it won't happen overnight. And a "formal" request to the FAA has not yet been made. That's why it's important for you to attend in support of relief. After receiving a formal request, the FAA will provide further evaluation/analysis, and the procedure will then be designed, coded and implemented.

We also want to make it ultra-clear to community members that rumors that it could somehow interfere with a BUR fix is unfounded. It has been publicly CONFIRMED on the record by Board of Airport Commissioners and LAWA (City of Los Angeles) officials that it will NOT interfere with any proposed BUR solutions.

The residents of our communities need -- and should have -- IMMEDIATE relief from the dangerous fire risks and noise impacts imposed by VNY aircraft (as well as BUR). Please attend and tell your neighbors!