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

01/03/2025 17:49:25

UK Postcode

SHORTLANDS-BROMLEY , LONDON , BR3 5TL

Baseline geo-coordinates

51.4082 , -0.009196

Survey type

31 days prior to: 31-Aug-2024 @23:46:03

Assessment band

HIGH

Assessment actual value

18.08

Assessment description

Likely to encounter both night-time and day-time noise disturbances that are caused by high volumes of planes flying at at low altitude. Also expect a visual impact too.

Band range

Lower: 16.0 --> Upper: 20.0

Volumes, Height bands, and Intensity.

For Assessment / Daily Avg. / Hourly Avg.

Count of ALL flights

5,818 / 187.7 / 11.0 (3,156)

Flights above 26k feet.

732 / 23.6 / 1.4

Flights between 16k and 26k feet

177 / 5.7 / 0.3

Flights between 13k and 15k feet

97 / 3.1 / 0.2

Flights between 7k and 12k feet

545 / 17.6 / 1.0 (539)

Flights between 6k and 7k feet

1,093 / 35.3 / 2.1 (148)

Flights between 5k and 6k feet

2,431 / 78.4 / 4.6 (212)

Flights between 4k and 5k feet

668 / 21.5 / 1.3 (235)

Flights between 3k and 4k feet

20 / 0.6 / 0.0

Flights below 3k feet

55 / 1.8 / 0.1

4 or more flights per hour

526 / 17.0 (201)

9 or more flights per hour

292 / 9.4 (75)

Departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

379 / 12.2 / 0.7

Time and Sleep Analysis

For Assessment / Daily Avg. / Hourly Avg.

Between Midnight and 1am

39 / 1.3

Between 1am and 2am

26 / 0.8

Between 2am and 3am

15 / 0.5

Between 3am and 4am

11 / 0.4

Between 4am and 5am

52 / 1.7

Between 5am and 6am

110 / 3.5

Between 6am and 7am

274 / 8.8

Between 7am and 8am

310 / 10.0

Between 8am and 9pm

4,618 / 149.0 / 10.6

Between 10pm and 11pm

230 / 7.4

Between 11pm and Midnight

82 / 2.6

Other Noise Disturbance, Vibration and Emissions factors

Avg time in seconds an aircraft remained in the airspace bubble

52 (31)

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

49 (43)

Minimum avg. distance in miles

0.49

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

161.0 / 79.0 / 8.5 (67)

Flight holding stack identified?

Yes

Altitude for all flights

10,138 (17,559)

Altitude of departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

9,039

Altitude of flights below 20k feet

6,469 (8,838)

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

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

23.40

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

22.80

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

21.50

Fridays between 20:00 and 21:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:12 flight events.

20.80

Fridays between 19:00 and 20:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:11 flight events.

19.80

Fridays between 9:00 and 10:00- 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:11 flight events.

19.50

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

19.10

Fridays between 12:00 and 13:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:10 flight events.

19.00

Fridays between 21:00 and 22:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:11 flight events.

18.90

Thursdays between 21:00 and 22:00 - 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: SHORTLANDS-BROMLEY

UK Airport Count of Flights Percentage of Total
LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT473581.4
TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT?4507.7
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT1212.1
LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT1031.8
LONDON STANSTED AIRPORT821.4