What is Noise?
Everyone encounters sound every day. It is only when that sound causes an adverse effect on a listener, such as annoyance, that sound becomes noise. And 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. You can find out more in the following video:
Whilst many factors influence the sound output from the aircraft, it is our local soundscape (or the day-to-day noise that we all experience) that influences how much, or how little aircraft noise we receive.
For example, if you live in a noisy area, potentially within a town or city, or close to a road, the background noise level from those sources is likely to mask the sound of aircraft noise. Conversely, in a quiet area, the masking effect isn’t present and the same aircraft is likely to be more noticeable.
It is important to note that annoyance is a personal experience, what might be annoying to one person may not be annoying to another. Despite this, the airport takes noise monitoring seriously and has an active program to monitor analyze and report on the aircraft and background noise level in the local community.
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Explore the many avenues that the airport provides the data it gathers back to the community. From noise, operations, and complaints statistics to live flights and noise readings, there is so much data to explore.
