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

06/02/2025 22:52:49

UK Postcode

WADHURST , EAST SUSSEX , TN5 6NE

Baseline geo-coordinates

51.0503 , 0.353895

Survey type

31 days prior to: 01-Sep-2024 @00:46:25

Assessment band

INTERMITTENT

Assessment actual value

6.32

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

1,890 / 61.0 / 3.6

Flights above 26k feet.

449 / 14.5 / 0.9

Flights between 16k and 26k feet

218 / 7.0 / 0.4

Flights between 13k and 15k feet

753 / 24.3 / 1.4 (178)

Flights between 7k and 12k feet

213 / 6.9 / 0.4

Flights between 6k and 7k feet

132 / 4.3 / 0.3

Flights between 5k and 6k feet

25 / 0.8 / 0.0

Flights between 4k and 5k feet

0

Flights between 3k and 4k feet

9 / 0.3 / 0.0

Flights below 3k feet

91 / 2.9 / 0.2

4 or more flights per hour

130 / 4.2

9 or more flights per hour

1 / 0.0

Departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

14 / 0.5 / 0.0

Time and Sleep Analysis

For Assessment / Daily Avg. / Hourly Avg.

Between Midnight and 1am

38 / 1.2

Between 1am and 2am

43 / 1.4

Between 2am and 3am

32 / 1.0

Between 3am and 4am

22 / 0.7

Between 4am and 5am

15 / 0.5

Between 5am and 6am

21 / 0.7

Between 6am and 7am

64 / 2.1

Between 7am and 8am

96 / 3.1

Between 8am and 9pm

1,422 / 45.9 / 3.3

Between 10pm and 11pm

67 / 2.2

Between 11pm and Midnight

47 / 1.5

Other Noise Disturbance, Vibration and Emissions factors

Avg time in seconds an aircraft remained in the airspace bubble

27

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

54 (43)

Minimum avg. distance in miles

0.48

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

33.0 / 17.0 / 1.7

Flight holding stack identified?

Yes

Altitude for all flights

17,890

Altitude of departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

8,728

Altitude of flights below 20k feet

12,335

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

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

6.20

Wednesdays between 16:00 and 17:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:4 flight events.

5.40

Fridays between 16:00 and 17:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:3 flight events.

9.38

Saturdays between 13:00 and 14:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:7 flight events.

6.13

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

5.88

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

5.63

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

5.50

Fridays between 23:00 and 24:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:4 flight events.

5.38

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

5.13

Fridays between 13:00 and 14:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:4 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: WADHURST

UK Airport Count of Flights Percentage of Total
LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT86145.6
LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT38920.6
TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT?29715.7
BRISTOL AIRPORT764.0
MINOR UK AIRPORT?552.9
LONDON CITY AIRPORT482.5
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT321.7
LONDON BIGGIN HILL AIRPORT281.5
SOUTHEND AIRPORT241.3
LONDON STANSTED AIRPORT221.2