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The path is now clear for the proposed closure of San Jose, California's Reid-Hillview airport (RHV) after a 3-2 vote by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday against accepting further FAA Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funds. In addition to being a designated reliever airport for San Jose International Airport (SJC), RHV is also home to San Jose State University's Aviation Department flight operations and numerous aviation businesses. Owing to grant obligations associated with previously accepted AIP funding, the airport must be kept open until 2031.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/recent-updates/business-military/county-vote-forecasts-airport-closure