How is the air pollution near Long Beach Airport, specifically the Los Altos neighborhood?|181702

Thinking of moving there. About a mile southeast from the runway, right along the flight path. Asked an earlier question about the noise pollution and it seems the bigger problem might be air pollution.

I_m reading online that there have been many residents reporting black particles and residue on their property. I_m concerned that the expansion and potential increase in air traffic will only make air quality worse.

Will I be putting my kids at unreasonable health risk by moving there?

The only commercial planes flying over that part of the Los Altos area will be on their landing approach with their engines on part throttle. You will be exposed to very little pollution, if any at all. Long Beach Airport is the least used by commercial airlines. I doubt if there is more than 10 commercial flights a day. The majority of its traffic is civil aviation.

Besides you will have the nice cooling breezes off the ocean blowing on shore carrying any crappy air toward the inland parts of So Cal. There won_t be any problems.

You seem to be obsessing over living near an airport. Trust me. After you_ve been there for a week or two you won_t even know the airport is there. You would be moving to a very nice section of Long Beach, a city that has one of the better school systems, and the best public transportation system in the area. You_re worrying over nothing.

I live in the Bluff Park neighborhood in Long Beach and I deal more with port pollution than airport noise or pollution.
Goodness, I hope you get an ocean breeze. I think it must skip over my neighborhood. It gets HOT and I live 2 blocks from the water.
You will get much more air pollution from the Port of Long Beach and the 405 than you will from the airport. From what I read the airport only accounts for 2-5% of air pollution in LBC.
There is a US Air Force base at Long Beach Airport. They fly the big cargo planes known as C-17_s which are built at the Boeing factory at the airport. Occasionally a B-1 bomber will fly into the airport for repairs and you will know when it_s coming and going. You can sign up for email notifications from the city of Long Beach to find out when the big military planes are going to fly. It_s never too early in the morning or late at night.
If you_re still concerned then the California Air Resources Board and the Air Quality Management District (AQMD) of Southern California would be the agencies to contact.

The TV show _Dexter_ has some of it_s scenes filmed in Los Altos. The magic of Hollywood since _Dexter_ is supposed to take place in Miami.

i think i answered your first question about the planes. don_t worry about the air pollution if it was really a problem they would do something about it. your moving to LA metro area of course the air quality is not the greatest, but better than central LA. los altos is a nice middle, middle/upper class area good for raising kids.