An appellate court ruled against the city of Las Vegas in its fight to stop commercial jets from flying over homes in the northwest part of the city.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled Friday that the Federal Aviation Administration didn’t act arbitrarily or capriciously when it changed a flight path out of McCarran International Airport in March 2007.

FAA spokesman Ian Gregor says the ruling showed environmental reviews were properly conducted before the so-called “right turn” flight path was adopted.

City Councilman Steve Wolfson says the city is disappointed, but won’t appeal.

The city contended the FAA failed to fully consider noise, safety, air quality and property value concerns of residents in the affluent northwest Las Vegas neighborhood.

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