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.
The following links will all open PDF files in new windows.
Property Pack
Introductory letter (56KB PDF)
Plane Talk (204KB PDF)
Bothered by aircraft noise (4,932KB PDF)
Timetable for growth and development at Stansted
Arrival and departure maps
Stansted Airport has launched new maps to show where planes fly when coming into and going out of Stansted 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.
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)
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