Stansted Airport increase noisy flight fines
29.01.11
From March any planes that breach government noise limits as the fly in to or out of Stansted Airport will face an increase in fines. Airlines will be charged £1000 for breaching the daytime limit, with the money going to fund local projects.
The daytime noise limit of 94 decibels is set by the Government and monitored by the airport, who check every flight using eight noise monitors, four at the each end of the runway. Stansted Airport describe the fines as a 'preventative measure'. Of the 150,000 flights using the airport in 2010, just 20 aircraft were fined.
The airport has also revealled that the number of complaints about noise have dropped dramatically in the last four years. In 2005 there were more than 19,000 compared to just over 2000 in 2009.
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