William check your facts. This is a military owned field. It was authorized by the military for commercial and general aviation when they chose not to occupy it nearly 50yrs ago. The millions of dollars per year that is granted for upkeep by the federal govt. was stipulated on the agreement commercial airlines would be allowed to fly out of Paine Field. The fact that no one chose to fly from there did not change the agreement. It stands and if commercial flights were banned those millions would be taken away too. It seems you think your peace of mind should come before a healthy economic growth that would benefit thousands of people but that is not how growth stimulus works. There is a lot of space in Alaska or Montana where civilization will not invade your style of living.