Foes argue that's no reason to make others suffer effects of a new airport.
I guess it's something you get accustomed to, like living near a freeway or a busy street. Hardly any, according to a study by the Airport Working Group, a Newport Beach organization that supports the conversion of the El Toro base. Even assuming the noise around the two airports is the same, she said, it's still too loud. We need to figure out a way to handle our air-travel demand without ruining neighborhoods. The warnings come as a coterie of South County airport foes tries to persuade residents around John Wayne Airport to support an anti-airport initiative headed for the March ballot.