Airport Noise United States

The county's scaled-back airport plan for El Toro would concentrate the greatest noise from commercial flights over undeveloped land, rather than existing homes and schools, according to a new report that county officials released Tuesday. Opponents of a commercial airport at El Toro said the report still showed unacceptable levels of noise over residential areas such as Leisure World, and that the study was based on assumptions about arrival and takeoff paths that are likely to change.

The county's scaled-back airport plan for El Toro would concentrate the greatest noise from commercial flights over undeveloped land, rather than existing homes and schools, according to a new report that county officials released Tuesday. Opponents of a commercial airport at El Toro said the report still showed unacceptable levels of noise over residential areas such as Leisure World, and that the study was based on assumptions about arrival and takeoff paths that are likely to change.