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 17:25:52

UK Postcode

EAST-SALTDEAN , EAST SUSSEX , BN2 8PB

Baseline geo-coordinates

50.8029 , -0.030907

Survey type

31 days prior to: 31-Aug-2024 @21:34:40

Assessment band

INTERMITTENT

Assessment actual value

5.33

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

841 / 27.1 / 1.6

Flights above 26k feet.

357 / 11.5 / 0.7

Flights between 16k and 26k feet

282 / 9.1 / 0.5

Flights between 13k and 15k feet

30 / 1.0 / 0.1

Flights between 7k and 12k feet

66 / 2.1 / 0.1

Flights between 6k and 7k feet

2 / 0.1 / 0.0

Flights between 5k and 6k feet

7 / 0.2 / 0.0

Flights between 4k and 5k feet

7 / 0.2 / 0.0

Flights between 3k and 4k feet

11 / 0.4 / 0.0

Flights below 3k feet

79 / 2.5 / 0.1

4 or more flights per hour

14 / 0.5

9 or more flights per hour

0 / 0.0

Departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

79 / 2.5 / 0.1

Time and Sleep Analysis

For Assessment / Daily Avg. / Hourly Avg.

Between Midnight and 1am

7 / 0.2

Between 1am and 2am

7 / 0.2

Between 2am and 3am

1 / 0.0

Between 3am and 4am

4 / 0.1

Between 4am and 5am

3 / 0.1

Between 5am and 6am

10 / 0.3

Between 6am and 7am

40 / 1.3

Between 7am and 8am

66 / 2.1

Between 8am and 9pm

670 / 21.6 / 1.5

Between 10pm and 11pm

19 / 0.6

Between 11pm and Midnight

10 / 0.3

Other Noise Disturbance, Vibration and Emissions factors

Avg time in seconds an aircraft remained in the airspace bubble

26

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

52 (43)

Minimum avg. distance in miles

0.48

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

4.0 / 2.0 / 0.2

Flight holding stack identified?

No

Altitude for all flights

23,281

Altitude of departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

10,133

Altitude of flights below 20k feet

10,340

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

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

4.33

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

3.25

Thursdays between 13:00 and 14:00 - 2 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:3 flight events.

3.00

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

2.75

Wednesdays between 18:00 and 19:00 - 2 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:3 flight events.

8.50

Thursdays between 20:00 and 21:00 - 1 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:5 flight events.

8.00

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

7.00

Thursdays between 19:00 and 20:00 - 1 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:5 flight events.

6.50

Tuesdays between 17:00 and 18:00 - 1 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: EAST-SALTDEAN

UK Airport Count of Flights Percentage of Total
TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT?21325.3
LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT19923.7
LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT14417.1
MINOR UK AIRPORT?425.0
LONDON LUTON AIRPORT364.3
LONDON STANSTED AIRPORT303.6
MANCHESTER AIRPORT293.4
BRISTOL AIRPORT283.3
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT273.2
LONDON BIGGIN HILL AIRPORT242.9
SOUTHEND AIRPORT192.3
LONDON CITY AIRPORT101.2
BOURNEMOUTH AIRPORT101.2
EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT101.2