Stansted night flights – how the airport gets far more…
If you feel that there are more Stansted night flights than ever, you’d be right. Stansted Airport Watch (SAW) has finally been able to establish what’s been happening. Stansted is allowed a maximum of 13,700 flights a year during the 6½-hour core night period from 11.30pm to 6.00am [ the 8 hours from 11.00pm to 7.00am. However, the DfT only restricts the number of night flights during the 6½ hours from 11.30pm and 6.00am.]. That, incidentally, is more than twice the number allowed at Heathrow, so local residents in this part of the world are entitled to feel they have drawn the short straw. And that’s not the whole story. The annual limit of 13,700 night flights is divided into a summer limit of 8,100 and a winter limit of 5,600. The summer period coincides with British Summer Time, and normally lasts for 31 weeks. The local group, Stansted Airport Watch has found that these theoretical levels have been exceeded, partly as unused numbers from earlier periods can be included. Also because of “dispensations” for delayed flights. So Stansted handled over 10,500 night flights last summer without breaching the statutory limit of 8,100. . Tweet NIGHT FLIGHTS – SMOKE AND MIRRORS 9.10.2023 Stansted Airport Watch This Press Release can also be viewed on the Stansted Airport Watch website via https://stanstedairportwatch.com/press-releases/night-flights-smoke-and-mirrors/ If you feel that there are more Stansted night flights than ever, you’d be right. Stansted Airport Watch (SAW) has fin
