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Campaigning to cut Newcastle Airport's impact on the climate emergency, your health and your life
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Noise complaints up to August 2023
We've analysed all the noise complaints submitted since early 2022. Most of you said the noise "woke me up" and/or "made me anxious"...

Ryanair: 63 extra flights a week in 2022
Ryanair’s launch of 12 new holiday routes for summer 2022 (Hexham Courant 5th August 2021) may be good news for a financially desperate...


The noise comes from ...
Aviation noise is caused when aircraft taxi, fly, take-off and land. All aircraft produce some noise, however loud or quiet they are....

Civil Aviation Authority's error?
In 2014 the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approved the use of satnav by the Airport. As a result, people living under or near the...


Why no respite?
At the moment, most aircraft taking off to the west turn south around 1.5 miles from the end of the runway which results in a steep...

Noise definition misses the point
The Civil Aviation Authority's definition of noise says that: "The extent of the unacceptability of sound depends on three physical...
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