Van Nuys Airport:

In addition to Van Nuys community activists who have already begun voicing displeasure with the proposal, the airport itself has a voluntary curfew limiting overnight flights and officials have been looking to completely eliminate those operations.

Indeed, a litany of lengthy studies, lawsuits and community complaints would likely derail any effort to transfer the flights, said Jack Keady, a transportation analyst in Playa del Rey.

"The odds of this happening are about as high as the odds of the Titanic being raised," he said.

The proposal was made by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, which is under pressure from Burbank residents to reduce night-time noise and has proposed a ban on nighttime operations. About 16 private and business jets fly into Burbank between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. each day.

Officials at Van Nuys Airport, the world's busiest general aviation airport, declined to comment on the proposal. But one person with knowledge of the situation said Los Angeles World Airports, which owns the general aviation airport, was working in earnest on a similar proposal to ban nighttime flights from Van Nuys.