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

14/02/2025 18:14:46

UK Postcode

ALFRISTON-5XL-0824-3M , EAST SUSSEX , BN26 5XL

Baseline geo-coordinates

50.8071 , 0.150951

Survey type

31 days prior to: 01-Sep-2024 @00:44:48

Assessment band

INTERMITTENT

Assessment actual value

6.89

Assessment description

Will encounter some day-time noise disturbances that are caused by the volumes of planes overflying Also expect a possible visual impact too.

Band range

Lower: 4.0 --> Upper: 7.0

Volumes, Height bands, and Intensity.

For Assessment / Daily Avg. / Hourly Avg.

Count of ALL flights

2,507 / 80.9 / 4.8

Flights above 26k feet.

1,223 / 39.5 / 2.3 (747)

Flights between 16k and 26k feet

518 / 16.7 / 1.0 (355)

Flights between 13k and 15k feet

56 / 1.8 / 0.1

Flights between 7k and 12k feet

361 / 11.6 / 0.7

Flights between 6k and 7k feet

8 / 0.3 / 0.0

Flights between 5k and 6k feet

11 / 0.4 / 0.0

Flights between 4k and 5k feet

27 / 0.9 / 0.1

Flights between 3k and 4k feet

49 / 1.6 / 0.1

Flights below 3k feet

254 / 8.2 / 0.5

4 or more flights per hour

121 / 3.9

9 or more flights per hour

10 / 0.3

Departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

308 / 9.9 / 0.6

Time and Sleep Analysis

For Assessment / Daily Avg. / Hourly Avg.

Between Midnight and 1am

33 / 1.1

Between 1am and 2am

29 / 0.9

Between 2am and 3am

32 / 1.0

Between 3am and 4am

28 / 0.9

Between 4am and 5am

17 / 0.5

Between 5am and 6am

7 / 0.2

Between 6am and 7am

124 / 4.0

Between 7am and 8am

185 / 6.0

Between 8am and 9pm

1,942 / 62.6 / 4.5

Between 10pm and 11pm

50 / 1.6

Between 11pm and Midnight

36 / 1.2

Other Noise Disturbance, Vibration and Emissions factors

Avg time in seconds an aircraft remained in the airspace bubble

74 (31)

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

46 (43)

Minimum avg. distance in miles

2.11

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

23.0 / 11.0 / 1.2

Flight holding stack identified?

Yes

Altitude for all flights

22,620

Altitude of departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

8,905

Altitude of flights below 20k feet

7,764 (8,833)

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

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

5.25

Saturdays between 10:00 and 11:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:3 flight events.

5.00

Fridays between 14:00 and 15:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:3 flight events.

4.75

Fridays between 17:00 and 18:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:3 flight events.

7.83

Sundays between 14:00 and 15:00 - 3 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:4 flight events.

7.50

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

7.00

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

6.33

Fridays between 15:00 and 16:00 - 3 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:3 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-5XL-0824-3M

UK Airport Count of Flights Percentage of Total
TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT?48419.3
LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT46418.5
MANCHESTER AIRPORT2459.7
EDINBURGH AIRPORT1947.7
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT1656.6
MINOR UK AIRPORT?1646.5
LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT1596.3
LONDON BIGGIN HILL AIRPORT1455.8
LONDON CITY AIRPORT1034.1
LONDON LUTON AIRPORT923.7
SOUTHEND AIRPORT763.0
BRISTOL AIRPORT542.1
EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT391.6
LEEDS BRADFORD AIRPORT341.4