Flight paths challenge neighborhoods
For many neighborhoods, their relative peace and quite is about to disappear. Soon, the Federal Aviation Administration plans to reroute hundreds of departing flights from McCarran International Airport over the northwest section of Las Vegas.
Officials are trying to cope with a 31% jump in flights at McCarran in the last five years. Starting in March, the FAA plans to shift 30% of the takeoffs, an average of 170 flights a day. This northwest shift in flight path will take airplanes right over many newly built homes in the city’s northwest quadrant. Currently, most flights depart to the south, over new suburbs outside city boundaries.
Unfortunately, the proposed flight plan change has angered many residents as neighborhood has been pitted against neighborhood in this battle for peace and quite. To read more, click here.
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