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

16/02/2025 00:07:04

UK Postcode

WEST-BLATCHINGTON-0824-3M , EAST SUSSEX , BN3 6WW

Baseline geo-coordinates

50.851 , -0.17662

Survey type

31 days prior to: 31-Aug-2024 @23:53:08

Assessment band

FREQUENT

Assessment actual value

13.44

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: 12.0 --> Upper: 16.0

Volumes, Height bands, and Intensity.

For Assessment / Daily Avg. / Hourly Avg.

Count of ALL flights

8,039 / 259.3 / 15.3 (3,197)

Flights above 26k feet.

1,948 / 62.8 / 3.7 (760)

Flights between 16k and 26k feet

1,526 / 49.2 / 2.9 (349)

Flights between 13k and 15k feet

465 / 15.0 / 0.9 (178)

Flights between 7k and 12k feet

3,689 / 119.0 / 7.0 (547)

Flights between 6k and 7k feet

11 / 0.4 / 0.0

Flights between 5k and 6k feet

1 / 0.0 / 0.0

Flights between 4k and 5k feet

12 / 0.4 / 0.0

Flights between 3k and 4k feet

44 / 1.4 / 0.1

Flights below 3k feet

343 / 11.1 / 0.7

4 or more flights per hour

582 / 18.8 (204)

9 or more flights per hour

368 / 11.9 (77)

Departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

284 / 9.2 / 0.5

Time and Sleep Analysis

For Assessment / Daily Avg. / Hourly Avg.

Between Midnight and 1am

104 / 3.4

Between 1am and 2am

97 / 3.1

Between 2am and 3am

55 / 1.8

Between 3am and 4am

39 / 1.3

Between 4am and 5am

36 / 1.2

Between 5am and 6am

79 / 2.5

Between 6am and 7am

323 / 10.4

Between 7am and 8am

610 / 19.7

Between 8am and 9pm

6,148 / 198.3 / 14.2

Between 10pm and 11pm

273 / 8.8

Between 11pm and Midnight

221 / 7.1

Other Noise Disturbance, Vibration and Emissions factors

Avg time in seconds an aircraft remained in the airspace bubble

105 (30)

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

48 (44)

Minimum avg. distance in miles

1.61

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

170.0 / 82.0 / 8.9 (68)

Flight holding stack identified?

Yes

Altitude for all flights

17,820

Altitude of departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

11,948

Altitude of flights below 20k feet

11,156

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

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

20.10

Fridays between 16:00 and 17:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:14 flight events.

20.00

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

18.90

Wednesdays between 15:00 and 16:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:13 flight events.

17.90

Saturdays between 14:00 and 15:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:13 flight events.

17.30

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

16.90

Fridays between 17:00 and 18:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:12 flight events.

16.40

Saturdays between 15:00 and 16:00 - 4 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:12 flight events.

15.90

Thursdays between 9:00 and 10:00- 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: WEST-BLATCHINGTON-0824-3M

UK Airport Count of Flights Percentage of Total
LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT421152.4
LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT139017.3
TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT?107713.4
LONDON LUTON AIRPORT1842.3
MANCHESTER AIRPORT1812.3
MINOR UK AIRPORT?1782.2
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT1401.7
LONDON STANSTED AIRPORT1341.7
BRISTOL AIRPORT1311.6
SOUTHEND AIRPORT871.1