Further information about aircraft operations

You can find a range of information on the Airservices website.

• to read more about how we monitor aircraft noise visit our monitoring aircraft noise webpage
• to learn more about aircraft operations visit our aircraft operations webpage
• visit Engage Airservices to engage with our program of flight path and airspace changes.

Accessing earlier noise and complaint information reports

Our interactive noise and complaint reports include data from 1 January 2017. Previous reports are available on request.

Understanding noise and annoyance – video

Everyone encounters sound every day. It is only when that sound causes an adverse effect on a listener, such as annoyance, does that sound become noise. Noise is not always just about how loud the sound is, there is a complex set of factors that drive annoyance both based upon the noise itself and what that noise means to us. Find out more by watching this video:

From the ATC archives – video

Take a look at how air traffic control and flight operations used to operate.