Even though we are 30 miles from Heathrow, North and North East London is on the flight path (including the Ladder) which means that about half of all flights landing at Heathrow pass over or near us. I find the noise is much worse in the summer, when we have the windows open and it tends to be particularly bad first thing in the morning from 6am and from 10-11pm.
Currently 350 flights pass over or near us every day, but if the Government gives the go-ahead for the third runway that will increase to 700 per day. Here are the overall stats - currently Heathrow deals with 1100 flights per day which is a movement every 90 seconds - with a third runway this will increase to to 1800 flights per day and a movement every 56 seconds!
You can see the movements over our area using this interactive website:
http://lhr.webtrak-lochard.com
to see a particularly busy hour, click on 21st Feb from 11:30am - we are classified as Finsbury
The consultation for the third runway closes on Wed 27th Feb. To oppose the third runway email your name, email address and postcode and simply write: "I oppose any further expansion at Heathrow" in the body of the email. Send it to:
heathrowconsultation@dft.gsi.gov.uk