Welcome to the first issue of the new and improved Santa Clara County Airports Newsletter!

We know that's not a particularly catchy name, so the Editors are leaving it up to you to come up with a more appropriate one. You'll notice there's a "Name the Newsletter" contest at the right of this page, and we hope everyone will take a few minutes to participate.

With over 500,000 annual operations and home to over 1,300 based aircraft, Palo Alto, Reid-Hillview, and South County airports serve a vital general aviation reliever role for Mineta San Jose International Airport and the Bay Area airport network.

Part of that role is to communicate with our customers, an essential ingredient to our operations. In an effort to keep you up-to-date regarding our airports, each issue of the Newsletter will feature a variety of articles designed to inform, educate, and hopefully entertain you.

We will have a management update for each of our three airports in this and future issues to provide the latest information regarding new programs, construction projects, and upcoming events.

We will also feature a profile of one of our Airport Department staff (with yours truly serving as the guinea pig), a Q&A on current issues, a "Tech Talk" section to unravel acronyms and introduce innovations, an events calendar, and important announcements.

We are very interested in your opinions and suggestions, so that we can make this newsletter an important part of your experience with Santa Clara Airports. Our contact information is on the back cover, and we encourage you to bombard us with story ideas or questions you may have.

This is your newsletter, and on behalf of the entire airports and editorial staff, we hope you enjoy it!

      Happy landings,
      Carl Honaker

Are you a master at monikers?
Think you know the most about our airports and want to show it? We need you! Be the voice of Santa Clara County Airports and give our new newsletter a great name. The newsletter is holding a contest for the most creative entry, and the winner will receive a month's free tie-down (or equivalent), not to mention the satisfaction of seeing your winning name on the cover of all future newsletters!

Leave your mark by sending your ideas to Eric Peterson via e-mail at eric.peterson@rda.sccgov.org by August 1st. The winner will be announced in our Fall issue.

View or download the Print Version of our Summer 2004 newsletter.