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

28/08/2025 06:53:17

UK Postcode Area

OXTED, SURREY, RH8 0EX

Baseline geo-coordinates

51.2561 , 0.006528

Survey type

31 days prior to: 27-Aug-2025 @23:24:10

Assessment band

INTERMITTENT

Assessment actual value

5.91

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

1,583 / 51.1 / 3.0

Flights above 26k feet.

431 / 13.9 / 0.8

Flights between 16k and 26k feet

115 / 3.7 / 0.2

Flights between 13k and 15k feet

100 / 3.2 / 0.2

Flights between 7k and 12k feet

768 / 24.8 / 1.5 (549)

Flights between 6k and 7k feet

22 / 0.7 / 0.0

Flights between 5k and 6k feet

17 / 0.5 / 0.0

Flights between 4k and 5k feet

4 / 0.1 / 0.0

Flights between 3k and 4k feet

1 / 0.0 / 0.0

Flights below 3k feet

125 / 4.0 / 0.2

4 or more flights per hour

113 / 3.6

9 or more flights per hour

0 / 0.0

Departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

797 / 25.7 / 1.5 (404)

Time and Sleep Analysis

For Assessment / Daily Avg. / Hourly Avg.

Between Midnight and 1am

14 / 0.5

Between 1am and 2am

9 / 0.3

Between 2am and 3am

1 / 0.0

Between 3am and 4am

4 / 0.1

Between 4am and 5am

5 / 0.2

Between 5am and 6am

20 / 0.6

Between 6am and 7am

60 / 1.9

Between 7am and 8am

81 / 2.6

Between 8am and 9pm

1,220 / 39.4 / 2.8

Between 10pm and 11pm

84 / 2.7

Between 11pm and Midnight

38 / 1.2

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

51 (43)

Minimum avg. distance in miles

0.51

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

26.0 / 14.0 / 1.4

Flight holding stack identified?

No

Altitude for all flights

17,452 (17,668)

Altitude of departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

10,435

Altitude of flights below 20k feet

10,389

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

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

7.38

Wednesdays between 21:00 and 22:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:6 flight events.

5.38

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

5.25

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

5.00

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

4.88

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

3.50

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

9.00

Thursdays between 9:00 and 10:00- 3 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:6 flight events.

7.00

Thursdays between 20:00 and 21:00 - 3 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:5 flight events.

6.50

Tuesdays between 22:00 and 23:00 - 3 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: OXTED

UK Airport Count of Flights Percentage of Total
LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT44428.0
LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT43027.1
TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT?28918.2
MINOR UK AIRPORT?1439.0
BRISTOL AIRPORT845.3
LONDON STANSTED AIRPORT382.4
LONDON LUTON AIRPORT342.1
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT211.3
FARNBOROUGH AIRPORT211.3
BOURNEMOUTH AIRPORT201.3
EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT191.2