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 12:23:54

UK Postcode

NEWHAVEN , EAST SUSSEX , BN9 0AD

Baseline geo-coordinates

50.7952 , 0.057239

Survey type

31 days prior to: 31-Aug-2024 @22:58:37

Assessment band

INTERMITTENT

Assessment actual value

4.52

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

1,775 / 57.3 / 3.4

Flights above 26k feet.

1,235 / 39.8 / 2.3 (754)

Flights between 16k and 26k feet

244 / 7.9 / 0.5

Flights between 13k and 15k feet

39 / 1.3 / 0.1

Flights between 7k and 12k feet

166 / 5.4 / 0.3

Flights between 6k and 7k feet

3 / 0.1 / 0.0

Flights between 5k and 6k feet

3 / 0.1 / 0.0

Flights between 4k and 5k feet

9 / 0.3 / 0.0

Flights between 3k and 4k feet

21 / 0.7 / 0.0

Flights below 3k feet

55 / 1.8 / 0.1

4 or more flights per hour

22 / 0.7

9 or more flights per hour

0 / 0.0

Departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

166 / 5.4 / 0.3

Time and Sleep Analysis

For Assessment / Daily Avg. / Hourly Avg.

Between Midnight and 1am

8 / 0.3

Between 1am and 2am

4 / 0.1

Between 2am and 3am

8 / 0.3

Between 3am and 4am

7 / 0.2

Between 4am and 5am

16 / 0.5

Between 5am and 6am

26 / 0.8

Between 6am and 7am

157 / 5.1

Between 7am and 8am

188 / 6.1

Between 8am and 9pm

1,305 / 42.1 / 3.0

Between 10pm and 11pm

35 / 1.1

Between 11pm and Midnight

14 / 0.5

Other Noise Disturbance, Vibration and Emissions factors

Avg time in seconds an aircraft remained in the airspace bubble

18

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

37

Minimum avg. distance in miles

0.56

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

5.0 / 2.0 / 0.3

Flight holding stack identified?

No

Altitude for all flights

27,494

Altitude of departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

10,235

Altitude of flights below 20k feet

9,252

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

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

4.50

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

4.25

Wednesdays between 9:00 and 10:00- 2 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:3 flight events.

3.75

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

3.00

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

8.00

Wednesdays between 12:00 and 13:00 - 1 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:5 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: NEWHAVEN

UK Airport Count of Flights Percentage of Total
TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT?86949.0
LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT22412.6
MANCHESTER AIRPORT1337.5
LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT995.6
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT935.2
LONDON LUTON AIRPORT593.3
MINOR UK AIRPORT?553.1
BRISTOL AIRPORT543.0
EDINBURGH AIRPORT412.3
LONDON BIGGIN HILL AIRPORT311.7
LONDON CITY AIRPORT281.6
GEORGE BEST BELFAST CITY AIRPORT221.2