Aviation View | Volume 1, Issue 2

19 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 tahoedouglasva.org/events-center Tahoe South Events Center O P E N I N G D E C E MB E R 2 0 2 2 6,000 Seats Stage Events 2,000 Seats Floor Events 4,200 Seats Sporting & Entertainment Events 158 Booths Floor Events & Exhibitions LAKE TAHOE A I RPORT positioning system or GPS that tracks flight information. That data is shared with the airport voluntarily and can be used to help address noise complaints. Gibbs acknowledges, “Occasionally, the helicopter tour operator may deviate from their flight plans – it’s likely a flock of birds or other air traffic flying through the area and they had to avoid that traffic, so obviously a safety reason,” Gibbs says. “We can explain that to residents and we have the data to back it up, rather than just kind of thumbing our finger in the air and saying, ‘I think they were flying right but we don’t really know and we can’t check.’” While future construction will be laid out in the new master plan, Lake Tahoe Airport has a few projects that have already been approved by the city council. One entails the reconstruction and raising of the north general aviation apron to prevent seasonal flooding. In the last five