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

14/05/2024 18:16:33

UK Postcode

RUSTINGTON-EAST-3M , WEST SUSSEX , BN16 2DQ

Baseline geo-coordinates

50.8106 , -0.49853

Survey type

31 days prior to: 14-May-2024 @00:28:46

Assessment band

FREQUENT

Assessment actual value

13.95

Assessment description

Sound equates to an "A" road or a busy "B" road i.e. regular traffic that will be noticeable at peak times which includes evenings and weekends. Location is on a primary flight corridor or flight route or in a flight holding stack area. At times there will be multiple flight occurrences within the same hour, typically between 4-10. Some of the flights will be below 7000 feet.

Band range

Lower: 12.0 --> Upper: 16.0

Volumes, Height bands, and Intensity.

For Assessment / Daily Avg. / Hourly Avg.

Count of ALL flights

7,348 / 237.0 / 13.9 (3,197)

Flights above 26k feet.

2,357 / 76.0 / 4.5 (760)

Flights between 16k and 26k feet

818 / 26.4 / 1.6 (349)

Flights between 13k and 15k feet

546 / 17.6 / 1.0 (178)

Flights between 7k and 12k feet

3,256 / 105.0 / 6.2 (547)

Flights between 6k and 7k feet

15 / 0.5 / 0.0

Flights between 5k and 6k feet

8 / 0.3 / 0.0

Flights between 4k and 5k feet

15 / 0.5 / 0.0

Flights between 3k and 4k feet

62 / 2.0 / 0.1

Flights below 3k feet

271 / 8.7 / 0.5

4 or more flights per hour

503 / 16.2 (204)

9 or more flights per hour

296 / 9.5 (77)

Departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

350 / 11.3 / 0.7

Time and Sleep Analysis

For Assessment / Daily Avg. / Hourly Avg.

Between Midnight and 1am

34 / 1.1

Between 1am and 2am

21 / 0.7

Between 2am and 3am

8 / 0.3

Between 3am and 4am

Between 4am and 5am

26 / 0.8

Between 5am and 6am

32 / 1.0

Between 6am and 7am

318 / 10.3

Between 7am and 8am

558 / 18.0

Between 8am and 9pm

5,710 / 184.2 / 13.2

Between 10pm and 11pm

350 / 11.3

Between 11pm and Midnight

194 / 6.3

Other Noise Disturbance, Vibration and Emissions factors

Avg time in seconds an aircraft remained in the airspace bubble

46 (30)

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

47 (44)

Minimum avg. distance in miles

1.58

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

152.0 / 72.0 / 8.0 (68)

Flight holding stack identified?

Yes

Altitude for all flights

19,371

Altitude of departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

12,199

Altitude of flights below 20k feet

11,595

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

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

20.40

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

19.40

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

18.30

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

17.20

Mondays between 8:00 and 9:00- 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:13 flight events.

17.10

Saturdays between 15:00 and 16:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:11 flight events.

16.50

Saturdays between 13:00 and 14:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:11 flight events.

16.20

Saturdays between 11:00 and 12:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:11 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: RUSTINGTON-EAST-3M

UK Airport Count of Flights Percentage of Total
LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT353648.1
TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT?82211.2
LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT3865.3
LONDON STANSTED AIRPORT3645.0
FARNBOROUGH AIRPORT3404.6
MINOR UK AIRPORT?4666.3
LONDON LUTON AIRPORT3114.2
MANCHESTER AIRPORT2383.2
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT1682.3
BRISTOL AIRPORT1361.9
EDINBURGH AIRPORT1672.3
EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT1161.6
LEEDS BRADFORD AIRPORT861.2