Airports
New Jersey’s Solberg Airport Keeps Winning in Court
Latest ruling grants legal fee reimbursement from township over unfair zoning ordinance

Supporters of Santa Monica Airport in California might draw some encouragement from across the continent. The owners of Solberg Airport in Readington, N.J., continue to win in the courtroom. Most recently, a county judge ruled on January 4 that Solberg Aviation is entitled to recover as much as $372,000 from the township for legal fees incurred in fighting an unfair zoning ordinance. This comes on top of a 2016 ruling granting the family-owned airport close to $3 million from the township to reimburse legal fees from an unsuccessful years-long effort to “condemn” and take over 624 acres surrounding the 102 acres that make up the actual airport property. Both court rulings came as a result of lawsuits filed by the Solberg family.