Late night aircraft

[Pudcat]

Is there any laws relating to late night aircraft noise. I have an idea that apart from emergencys landing and taking off is restricted to to late night and early morning.

[buildersmate]

Are we talking civilian or military? Also depends where.

[bednobs]

wouldn't have thought so - my relatives flight got into gatwick at 3:30 am ish and they didn't arrest the pilot

[redcrx]

i think it would also vary by airport as to what the individual poluicy was.

here is Manchesters

http://www.manchester...ight+Noise+Policy.pdf

[Vagrant]

I once met a care home manager - one of his duties was to arrange for the local doctor to come and sedate some of the elderly patients, when the RAF base nearby informed him that Vulcans were about to take off ...

[Hopkirk]

Civil airports will often have a limited number of night 'slots' allowed, usually for late arriving aircraft.