Glenair Airport
[3] Ignoring the court ruling, the residents operated the airfield without a permit anyway, until a neighbor made a complaint about the noise and expressed safety concerns.[3] In 1983, 700 area residents protested the proposed reopening of the airfield, citing noise and safety issues, but the operating permit was approved.[3] The airfield operators countered the safety concerns by citing the low statistical probability of aircraft falling from the sky relative to other risks.[5] The dispute escalated to the Maryland Court of Appeals on three separate occasions, with the final ruling in 1993 allowing the airport to remain open.[6] In 2004, the owners of the airpark submitted a request to the county council to increase the maximum allowable aircraft from three to twelve.