Click the play button on the video window to the right to see the storySCOTTSDALE, AZ -- For the past three weeks, Nick Luongo has taken his battle to the streets.
"I'm a foot soldier trying to let people know what's going on," he said.
Yet what the 66-year-old Scottsdale man's fighting isn't on the ground. It flys thousands of feet above his head.
Luongo and many others are concerned about changes proposed for Scottsdale Airport.
The city is looking to shift the airport's development plan, including an increase to the weight limit of planes allowed to fly in and out from 75,000 pounds to 100,000 pounds.
"It really doesn't change anything," said Scott Gray, Scottsdale avation director.
But residents aren't convinced.
"We worry about the noise, our safety," Luongo said. "We worry about where our city is taking us."
Some residents feel this is just the first step on a path to lead Scottsdale Airport to become a mini Sky Harbor.
But city officials say that isn't true, and that it would take $100 million to get the airport ready to hand large-scale commercial business.
"This just allows us to allow existing aircrafts to operate fully loaded and to be fully utilized," Gray said. "Not bring in bigger planes ... or change what's going on."
The city's aviation commission will be reviewing the development plan next Wednesday during a public meeting.
They will then issue a recommendation to the Scottsdale City Council for final decision.
