Planes now flying over my house
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I’m in NW London and today I’ve suddenly now got planes going straight over my house a few hundred feet up every few minutes. I assume from Heathrow, I’m about 11 miles away as the crow flies.
I’ve noticed this in previous summers, that for periods of a time they start passing over, always on summer months.
Why is this? Yes it’s annoying. But what’s happened to the usual routes out?
Also what would help (all home owners) is if their routes had a random variance of 1 degree or something as it’s annoying that they all follow the same route with pinpoint accuracy as it concentrates their noise over one lot of people.
I’ve noticed this in previous summers, that for periods of a time they start passing over, always on summer months.
Why is this? Yes it’s annoying. But what’s happened to the usual routes out?
Also what would help (all home owners) is if their routes had a random variance of 1 degree or something as it’s annoying that they all follow the same route with pinpoint accuracy as it concentrates their noise over one lot of people.
croyde said:
Change of wind direction.
I'm in the Twickenham area and currently planes have been taking off to the east so are climbing over our area rather than the quieter approach when the wind is from the west.
The majority of the time the winds come from the west.
.......and aircraft fly directly over our house in East Sheen. Indeed, we're between the two landing places of stowaways, who fell from the wheel wells of descending aircraft.I'm in the Twickenham area and currently planes have been taking off to the east so are climbing over our area rather than the quieter approach when the wind is from the west.
The majority of the time the winds come from the west.
Half of the day they fly over Sheen. The other half they move north as Heathrow switches runways.
CoolHands said:
I m in NW London and today I ve suddenly now got planes going straight over my house a few hundred feet up every few minutes. I assume from Heathrow, I m about 11 miles away as the crow flies.
I ve noticed this in previous summers, that for periods of a time they start passing over, always on summer months.
Why is this? Yes it s annoying. But what s happened to the usual routes out?
Also what would help (all home owners) is if their routes had a random variance of 1 degree or something as it s annoying that they all follow the same route with pinpoint accuracy as it concentrates their noise over one lot of people.
This explains everything.I ve noticed this in previous summers, that for periods of a time they start passing over, always on summer months.
Why is this? Yes it s annoying. But what s happened to the usual routes out?
Also what would help (all home owners) is if their routes had a random variance of 1 degree or something as it s annoying that they all follow the same route with pinpoint accuracy as it concentrates their noise over one lot of people.
https://www.heathrow.com/company/local-community/n...
We only get planes overhead at a really high level however pre COVID they started flying much lower and every 2 mins! I found an email to "complain" to albeit every time they denied flight paths had changed despite me living in the area for 25 years and knowing for sure it had! Eventually it went back to normal.
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CoolHands said:
I m in NW London and today I ve suddenly now got planes going straight over my house a few hundred feet up every few minutes. I assume from Heathrow, I m about 11 miles away as the crow flies.
I ve noticed this in previous summers, that for periods of a time they start passing over, always on summer months.
Why is this? Yes it s annoying. But what s happened to the usual routes out?
Also what would help (all home owners) is if their routes had a random variance of 1 degree or something as it s annoying that they all follow the same route with pinpoint accuracy as it concentrates their noise over one lot of people.
If you're 11 miles NW of Heathrow, as the crow flies, then you're somewhere around High Wycombe? There'll be some light aircraft out of the air park, but no commercial jets below a couple of thousand feet there. There will be the stream on approach as the winds have been easterly for the past few days, hence the lovely clear skies - either flying east to west downwind, or west to east on final. FR24 will help track what you're looking at.I ve noticed this in previous summers, that for periods of a time they start passing over, always on summer months.
Why is this? Yes it s annoying. But what s happened to the usual routes out?
Also what would help (all home owners) is if their routes had a random variance of 1 degree or something as it s annoying that they all follow the same route with pinpoint accuracy as it concentrates their noise over one lot of people.
MarkwG said:
If you're 11 miles NW of Heathrow, as the crow flies, then you're somewhere around High Wycombe? There'll be some light aircraft out of the air park, but no commercial jets below a couple of thousand feet there. There will be the stream on approach as the winds have been easterly for the past few days, hence the lovely clear skies - either flying east to west downwind, or west to east on final. FR24 will help track what you're looking at.
Approaching Heathrow from the west they go over South Bucks at around 7,000 feet, down to around 2,000 feet over Windsor.The rule of thumb on landing is 300 feet altitude for every mile to run.
CoolHands said:
I m more North West West! Near Wembley. Looking at the maps from the above link, I m smack bang in one the the two upper easterly departure corridors:
Oh Ok, I'd call that more NNE of Heathrow, makes more sense. On easterlies, which is the less prevalent direction, you will be seeing departures that you wouldn't normally see - Heathrow operates 70% roughly westerly. You'll be seeing the flights that normally turn over Slough then Gerrards Cross I would imagine.CoolHands said:
Ah yes got my east and west description mixed up! 
Don t put me in charge of planes or boats
You also need some help with distance perception as well, if you thing they are flying over at a 'few hundred feet' according to your OP instead of at about 3-4000 feet by the time they are over Wembley.Don t put me in charge of planes or boats
You'd be moaning a lot more if R23 was still in use.
- no worries: you might also be seeing Northolt departures, I suppose, smaller jets but lower initially.Gassing Station | Boats, Planes & Trains | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff