New proposed flight paths over Brisbane have been released. See the maps below.
Airservices Australia Head of Community Engagement Donna Marshall said the preferred flightpath options aimed to reduce the impact of aircraft noise over several Brisbane communities.
Ms Marshall said Brisbane residents were encouraged to provide feedback through a number of community sessions to be held throughout July.
She said community feedback was open until August 17 via an online platform.
“Airservices is eager to speak to as many people as possible on these flightpath options.
“Community feedback has already helped shape a number of preferred options. We are listening to residents who’ve consistently called for fairer distribution of aircraft noise, and we’re dedicated to incorporating community feedback into our final planning.”
Ms Marshall said proposed flightpath options included distributing flights more evenly over a wider area and reducing the concentration of flights over suburbs subject to both arrivals and departures and day and night flights.
She said the Noise Action Plan for Brisbane was developed to address aircraft noise impacts resulting from changes to Brisbane’s airspace, following the introduction of Brisbane Airport’s new parallel runway in July 2020.
Proposed changes to the north and west
1.1 Departures over land to the north and west from the new runway
1.2 Arrivals over land from the north and west to the new runway
Proposed changes to the south and east
2.1 Departures over land to the south and east
2.2 Arrivals over water from the south and east to the legacy runway
Changes to support independent parallel runway operations
3.1 Arrivals over land to support independent parallel runway operations
3.2 Arrivals over water from the north and west to the new runway
New option for night-time operations (10pm to 6am)
4.Departures over land at night
