[AWildC182]

Or we could zone appropriately for higher density housing to slow the spread of urban sprawl and not have to rebuild our airports every few years because people are incapable of doing basic research on their investments?

[mywittyname]

Who's saying to rebuild these every few years? Most of these small airports are 40+ years old. Cities change a lot over those time periods.

Why not both zone for higher density and get rid of small urban airports? Airports are antithetical to high-density living.