Airport expansion isn't convenient

Airport expansion isn't convenient

When I was young and we visited family in Howard Beach, we often bemoaned the level of noise of the planes landing at Kennedy Airport and were grateful to return home to quiet Suffolk County.

Now, the editorial board is urging that Long Island MacArthur Airport be taken “to the next level,” that it could be so much more [“Take MacArthur to the next level,” Editorial, Sept. 19]. More of what?

I live in East Islip, and we have jets regularly flying over our homes at low altitude while coming in for a landing. The noise is unbearable. If we are in our yard, all conversation must stop since you can’t hear another person. Any enjoyment of the outdoors is shattered by the deafening noise created by the jets.

Kennedy and LaGuardia airports are by the water a