Noise in your area

Are you moving to an area near the airport? Want to know if or how your local community is affected by aircraft noise?

If so, this part of the website will provide you with some useful information. By clicking on the links below you can find out information about the areas where you live or work and understand how departing and arriving aircraft could affect you.

If you would like a detailed understanding of how noise affects your individual property please contact the Noise Communications Team.

Arrivals and departure maps

Stansted Airport has launched new maps to show where planes fly when coming into and going out of the airport. The maps use actual aircraft tracks for an average week in the summer, our peak period. The tracks are in three different colours, representing the descending and ascending heights of aircraft.

2011

Departures

Aircraft departing from London Stansted Airport on Easterly Noise Preferential Routes (2,835KB PDF)

Aircraft departing from London Stansted Airport on Westerly Noise Preferential Routes (2,752KB PDF)

Arrivals

Patterns of aircraft arriving to London Stansted Airport towards the North East (3,259KB PDF)

Patterns of aircraft arriving to London Stansted Airport towards the South West (3,018KB PDF)

2009

Departures

Aircraft departing from London Stansted Airport on Easterly Noise Preferential Routes (2,108KB PDF)

Aircraft departing from London Stansted Airport on Westerly Noise Preferential Routes (2,047KB PDF)

Arrivals

Patterns of aircraft arriving to London Stansted Airport towards the North East (2,506KB PDF)

Patterns of aircraft arriving to London Stansted Airport towards the South West (2,292KB PDF)

2007

Departures

Departure maps - questions and answers (179KB PDF)

Aircraft departing from London Stansted Airport on Easterly Noise Preferential Routes (4,079KB PDF)

Aircraft departing from London Stansted Airport on Westerly Noise Preferential Routes (3,992KB PDF)

Arrivals

Arrival maps - questions and answers (171KB PDF)

Patterns of aircraft arriving to London Stansted Airport towards the North East (4,596KB PDF)

Patterns of aircraft arriving to London Stansted Airport towards the South West (4,478KB PDF)

2005

Departures

Departure maps - questions and answers (37KB PDF)

Aircraft departing from London Stansted Airport on Easterly Noise Preferential Routes (3,586KB PDF)

Aircraft departing from London Stansted Airport on Westerly Noise Preferential Routes (3,398KB PDF)

Arrivals

Arrival maps - questions and answers (23KB PDF)

Patterns of aircraft arriving to London Stansted Airport towards the North East (1,916KB PDF)

Patterns of aircraft arriving to London Stansted Airport towards the South West (1,882KB PDF)