Letter: Again, decision favors Strip

The Sunrise Mountain area is one of the most heavily traveled air corridors in the valley and the majority of the air tour operators use it on their way to the Grand Canyon and other sites. And please don't respond by saying I shouldn't complain if I live near the airport.

I live miles away from the nearest airport. The routes were changed when the air tour operators were moved to North Las Vegas Airport and they then used new routes taking them over residents near Sunrise Mountain. I don't expect all traffic to be eliminated, just a more equitable assortment of flight routes, so that one neighborhood is not completely bombarded with aircraft noise all day long.

Of course, I'm not in the position of owning a large hotel-casino, so I'll probably not get any reasonable response from the FAA or the air tour industry.

Clifford L. Monett

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