Assessment ScoreCard – 31 Day

Aircraft Traffic Assessment: 31 Day Scorecard



The symbol indicates the measure is better than the average when compared with other assessed
UK postcodes. The ❌ represents the opposite. Assessed averages are shown in brackets.

See: for a full explanation about the Assessment scorecard.

Assessment Scorecard headlines

All Assessments are based on an ambient background noise of 40 decibels i.e. a quiet residential area. If your property is located near to a busy road i.e. 70-75 decibels, the noise impact from aircraft will be significantly reduced, whilst the road remains busy.

Note: Airborne aircraft noise is typically in the range of 45dB - 65dB for heights below 26,000 feet and for a duration of 30-50 seconds. Whereas the average car, bus or HGV the duration is only a few seconds.

Date of survey

07/02/2025 13:22:58

UK Postcode

ALFRISTON , EAST SUSSEX , BN26 5TD

Baseline geo-coordinates

50.8064 , 0.156348

Survey type

31 days prior to: 31-Aug-2024 @19:58:57

Assessment band

MINIMAL

Assessment actual value

3.98

Assessment description

Might encounter some day-time irregular noise disturbances that are caused by the volumes of planes overflying.

Band range

Lower: 0.5 --> Upper: 4.0

Volumes, Height bands, and Intensity.

For Assessment / Daily Avg. / Hourly Avg.

Count of ALL flights

333 / 10.7 / 0.6

Flights above 26k feet.

83 / 2.7 / 0.2

Flights between 16k and 26k feet

91 / 2.9 / 0.2

Flights between 13k and 15k feet

12 / 0.4 / 0.0

Flights between 7k and 12k feet

39 / 1.3 / 0.1

Flights between 6k and 7k feet

0

Flights between 5k and 6k feet

1 / 0.0 / 0.0

Flights between 4k and 5k feet

11 / 0.4 / 0.0

Flights between 3k and 4k feet

16 / 0.5 / 0.0

Flights below 3k feet

80 / 2.6 / 0.2

4 or more flights per hour

3 / 0.1

9 or more flights per hour

0 / 0.0

Departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

13 / 0.4 / 0.0

Time and Sleep Analysis

For Assessment / Daily Avg. / Hourly Avg.

Between Midnight and 1am

12 / 0.4

Between 1am and 2am

15 / 0.5

Between 2am and 3am

11 / 0.4

Between 3am and 4am

15 / 0.5

Between 4am and 5am

3 / 0.1

Between 5am and 6am

1 / 0.0

Between 6am and 7am

6 / 0.2

Between 7am and 8am

11 / 0.4

Between 8am and 9pm

242 / 7.8 / 0.6

Between 10pm and 11pm

6 / 0.2

Between 11pm and Midnight

5 / 0.2

Other Noise Disturbance, Vibration and Emissions factors

Avg time in seconds an aircraft remained in the airspace bubble

45 (29)

Percentage of overflying occuring Out-Of-Hours and at Weekends

58 (44)

Minimum avg. distance in miles

0.46

Number of possible disruptions by; day / out-of-hours / hour

2.0 / 1.0 / 0.1

Flight holding stack identified?

No

Altitude for all flights

17,298 (17,495)

Altitude of departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

7,301 (8,558)

Altitude of flights below 20k feet

6,518 (8,850)

Busiest times of day
(Distruption: 0 - low, 25+ high)

Day of week, time, frequency and number of flight events.

3.75

Sundays between 11:00 and 12:00 - 2 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:3 flight events.

8.00

Saturdays between 1:00 and 2:00- 1 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:6 flight events.

6.00

Mondays between 3:00 and 4:00- 1 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:4 flight events.

5.50

Mondays between 13:00 and 14:00 - 1 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:4 flight events.

3.50

Mondays between 10:00 and 11:00 - 1 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:2 flight events.

3.00

Saturdays between 18:00 and 19:00 - 1 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:2 flight events.

Our scorecard is designed to provide a greater understanding how the assessment was reached for your selected UK post code. To enable you to validate our assessment we also provide up to 10 occurrences when we believe the disruption will be at its highest.

For those that would like to perform their own analysis we can also provide the low level flight data that includes the length of time a plane existed inside your select airspace bubble.



Evidence by associated Airport – indicative only: ALFRISTON

UK Airport Count of Flights Percentage of Total
LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT5917.6
MINOR UK AIRPORT?4413.1
LONDON BIGGIN HILL AIRPORT4312.8
LONDON CITY AIRPORT298.7
SOUTHEND AIRPORT298.7
TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT?236.9
BRISTOL AIRPORT236.9
MANCHESTER AIRPORT164.8
LONDON LUTON AIRPORT154.5
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT123.6
EDINBURGH AIRPORT82.4
BOURNEMOUTH AIRPORT72.1
EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT72.1
LONDON STANSTED AIRPORT61.8
FARNBOROUGH AIRPORT51.5
LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT41.2