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 between 30 and 40 dBs i.e. a quiet residential area. Typically the noise from an overflying aircraft is between 50-65 dBs. If your property is located near to a busy road i.e. 70-75 dBs, the noise impact from aircraft will be significantly reduced, whilst the road remains busy.

Note: Overflying aircraft noise typically has a duration of 30-50 seconds, the higher the plane the longer the duration. Whereas the average car, bus or HGV the duration is only a few seconds.

Date of survey

02/10/2025 17:20:33

UK Postcode Area

BRIGHTON-MARINA, EAST SUSSEX, BN2 5WB

Baseline geo-coordinates

50.8132 , -0.103647

Survey type

31 days prior to: 01-Oct-2025 @21:15:05

Assessment band

INTERMITTENT

Assessment actual value

5.08

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

967 / 31.2 / 1.8

Flights above 26k feet.

374 / 12.1 / 0.7

Flights between 16k and 26k feet

401 / 12.9 / 0.8 (355)

Flights between 13k and 15k feet

43 / 1.4 / 0.1

Flights between 7k and 12k feet

47 / 1.5 / 0.1

Flights between 6k and 7k feet

1 / 0.0 / 0.0

Flights between 5k and 6k feet

5 / 0.2 / 0.0

Flights between 4k and 5k feet

9 / 0.3 / 0.0

Flights between 3k and 4k feet

8 / 0.3 / 0.0

Flights below 3k feet

79 / 2.5 / 0.1

4 or more flights per hour

19 / 0.6

9 or more flights per hour

0 / 0.0

Departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

46 / 1.5 / 0.1

Time and Sleep Analysis

For Assessment / Daily Avg. / Hourly Avg.

Between Midnight and 1am

3 / 0.1

Between 1am and 2am

4 / 0.1

Between 2am and 3am

1 / 0.0

Between 3am and 4am

2 / 0.1

Between 4am and 5am

Between 5am and 6am

8 / 0.3

Between 6am and 7am

55 / 1.8

Between 7am and 8am

81 / 2.6

Between 8am and 9pm

779 / 25.1 / 1.8

Between 10pm and 11pm

18 / 0.6

Between 11pm and Midnight

6 / 0.2

Other Noise Disturbance, Vibration and Emissions factors

Avg time in seconds an aircraft remained in the airspace bubble

17

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

29

Minimum avg. distance in miles

0.46

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

5.0 / 1.0 / 0.3

Flight holding stack identified?

No

Altitude for all flights

23,214

Altitude of departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

10,866

Altitude of flights below 20k feet

12,674

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

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

4.83

Tuesdays between 12:00 and 13:00 - 3 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:3 flight events.

3.83

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

6.25

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

5.25

Fridays between 9:00 and 10:00- 2 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:4 flight events.

4.50

Tuesdays between 17:00 and 18:00 - 2 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:3 flight events.

3.50

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

3.00

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

2.75

Mondays between 12:00 and 13:00 - 2 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: BRIGHTON-MARINA

UK Airport Count of Flights Percentage of Total
LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT30531.5
LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT12512.9
TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT?11311.7
MANCHESTER AIRPORT777.9
MINOR UK AIRPORT?697.1
LONDON LUTON AIRPORT656.7
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT394.0
LONDON BIGGIN HILL AIRPORT272.8
BRISTOL AIRPORT262.7
EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT242.5
LONDON STANSTED AIRPORT212.2
FARNBOROUGH AIRPORT192.0
EDINBURGH AIRPORT151.5
SOUTHEND AIRPORT141.4