Noisey jets, EMA , Notts.

[Boosted LS1]

I'm sure something has changed in the last few weeks or so. The high flying jets seem to be much louder at present. I can't figure out why though. Could they be flying at a lower height or is the air denser? No sooner then one has crossed the sky then another one comes over. The other morning at appx 6 am I had a jet flying round in circles which probably made 12 passes. It's become so noisey at times that I've shut the windows.

Anybody got an idea as to what may be happening?

[mcdjl]

I've not noticed anything unusual here but then they're usually on the ground when they're closest to me. The Tornado the other day was definitely noisy, and the A400 that was doing circuits earlier was a different noise though.

[montymoo]

The altitudes won't really change depending on the density of the air,, the extra noise is more likely due to a different wind direction carrying the noise.
Ryanair use EMA for pilot training, base training specifically were they will fly lots of circuits about 6 per pilot to make sure they are safe to operate and land the thing,
it's possible that if you are seeing he same jet make lots of passes , it's probably them. I believe they only do this once a week though and it's very dependent on the weather

[Boosted LS1]

^ Yes, I think it was early monday and tuesday morning they were doing the low level loops.

[alangla]

montymoo said:

The altitudes won't really change depending on the density of the air,, the extra noise is more likely due to a different wind direction carrying the noise.
Ryanair use EMA for pilot training, base training specifically were they will fly lots of circuits about 6 per pilot to make sure they are safe to operate and land the thing,
it's possible that if you are seeing he same jet make lots of passes , it's probably them. I believe they only do this once a week though and it's very dependent on the weather

This seems to happen a lot at Prestwick too - noticed Ryanair (usually that 737-700 they have), EasyJet and Jet2 doing circuits in the last week via Flightradar. One other thing I've also noticed on Flightradar - most of the airports in Central Scotland have been working Eastbound for the last few days, presumably due to the winds - normally they're almost always Westbound. Maybe you're having planes climbing over you where normally they'd be descending?

[WinstonWolf]

alangla said:

montymoo said:

The altitudes won't really change depending on the density of the air,, the extra noise is more likely due to a different wind direction carrying the noise.
Ryanair use EMA for pilot training, base training specifically were they will fly lots of circuits about 6 per pilot to make sure they are safe to operate and land the thing,
it's possible that if you are seeing he same jet make lots of passes , it's probably them. I believe they only do this once a week though and it's very dependent on the weather

This seems to happen a lot at Prestwick too - noticed Ryanair (usually that 737-700 they have), EasyJet and Jet2 doing circuits in the last week via Flightradar. One other thing I've also noticed on Flightradar - most of the airports in Central Scotland have been working Eastbound for the last few days, presumably due to the winds - normally they're almost always Westbound. Maybe you're having planes climbing over you where normally they'd be descending?

Yup, we've had a prevailing easterly instead of a westerly for a little while now, due to swing back today/tomorrow.

[Boosted LS1]

^ This.

I just spoke to a pilot friend who says that the planes are landing/taking off at EMA in the opposite direction due to the wind direction (east west instead of west east) so the buggers are flying over my house, grr. Also, the high flyers appear louder due to the easterly wind direction.

There are more training flights as well due to staff shortages.

[Shar2]

Well, they were blooming loud as they took off over my tent at Castle Donington yesterday. They seemed to start really early too.

[mcdjl]

Shar2 said:

Well, they were blooming loud as they took off over my tent at Castle Donington yesterday. They seemed to start really early too.

They don't stop.... Its open 24 hrs

[Otispunkmeyer]

mcdjl said:

Shar2 said:

Well, they were blooming loud as they took off over my tent at Castle Donington yesterday. They seemed to start really early too.

They don't stop.... Its open 24 hrs

Indeed they don't. Often hear the odd one coming in at 2-3 am some times. We live in East Leake so with the change of direction, its been fairly quiet here the past few days. I have to say though, I rather like the noise. I love going to bed and having the jets pass over my house. Always have the window open. Its a soothing sound.

[andy97]

mcdjl said:

Shar2 said:

Well, they were blooming loud as they took off over my tent at Castle Donington yesterday. They seemed to start really early too.

They don't stop.... Its open 24 hrs

Indeed, only airport in the country with no night time flying restrictions; its why DHL movedtheir main Europeanhub there.

[Prawo Jazdy]

andy97 said:

Indeed, only airport in the country with no night time flying restrictions

I love how accurate the internet is. Other airports in the country have no night time flying restrictions. EMA has night time flying restrictions.

www.ais.org.uk

[LeighW]

My office is in Ashby, and when they're taking off east to west then heading south, they fly pretty much straight overhead. For some reason, the Rianair planes always seem louder.

[Shar2]

I think what perplexed us the most was that the track has 108db noise restriction, or at least did that weekend, yet the jets were a lot worse. Couldn't hear the cars anytime a jet went over.