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

09/02/2025 19:36:05

UK Postcode

BIDDENDEN , KENT , TN27 8AN

Baseline geo-coordinates

51.1168 , 0.641168

Survey type

31 days prior to: 01-Sep-2024 @00:30:48

Assessment band

INTERMITTENT

Assessment actual value

4.80

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

1,256 / 40.5 / 2.4

Flights above 26k feet.

602 / 19.4 / 1.1

Flights between 16k and 26k feet

256 / 8.3 / 0.5

Flights between 13k and 15k feet

178 / 5.7 / 0.3

Flights between 7k and 12k feet

133 / 4.3 / 0.3

Flights between 6k and 7k feet

16 / 0.5 / 0.0

Flights between 5k and 6k feet

15 / 0.5 / 0.0

Flights between 4k and 5k feet

1 / 0.0 / 0.0

Flights between 3k and 4k feet

1 / 0.0 / 0.0

Flights below 3k feet

54 / 1.7 / 0.1

4 or more flights per hour

20 / 0.6

9 or more flights per hour

0 / 0.0

Departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

162 / 5.2 / 0.3

Time and Sleep Analysis

For Assessment / Daily Avg. / Hourly Avg.

Between Midnight and 1am

19 / 0.6

Between 1am and 2am

9 / 0.3

Between 2am and 3am

12 / 0.4

Between 3am and 4am

6 / 0.2

Between 4am and 5am

12 / 0.4

Between 5am and 6am

20 / 0.6

Between 6am and 7am

86 / 2.8

Between 7am and 8am

72 / 2.3

Between 8am and 9pm

905 / 29.2 / 2.1

Between 10pm and 11pm

35 / 1.1

Between 11pm and Midnight

19 / 0.6

Other Noise Disturbance, Vibration and Emissions factors

Avg time in seconds an aircraft remained in the airspace bubble

19

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

46 (43)

Minimum avg. distance in miles

0.47

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

9.0 / 4.0 / 0.5

Flight holding stack identified?

No

Altitude for all flights

24,565

Altitude of departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

12,751

Altitude of flights below 20k feet

13,341

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

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

4.83

Saturdays between 9:00 and 10:00- 3 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:3 flight events.

4.33

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

3.33

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

3.17

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

2.67

Wednesdays between 16:00 and 17:00 - 3 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:2 flight events.

6.00

Sundays between 12:00 and 13:00 - 2 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:4 flight events.

5.75

Wednesdays between 13:00 and 14:00 - 2 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:4 flight events.

5.25

Fridays between 15:00 and 16:00 - 2 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:3 flight events.

5.00

Saturdays between 15:00 and 16:00 - 2 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: BIDDENDEN

UK Airport Count of Flights Percentage of Total
TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT?40832.5
LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT22818.2
LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT20716.5
LONDON BIGGIN HILL AIRPORT715.7
LONDON CITY AIRPORT604.8
BRISTOL AIRPORT564.5
MINOR UK AIRPORT?483.8
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT393.1
MANCHESTER AIRPORT302.4
EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT272.1
SOUTHEND AIRPORT201.6
LONDON LUTON AIRPORT181.4