Brisbane residents will enjoy reduced aircraft noise from late November with new flight paths from Brisbane Airport taking effect.
Airservices Australia Head of Community Engagement Donna Marshall said from November 28 Simultaneous Opposite Direction Parallel Runway Operations (SODPROPS) would become the first option for runway management at the airport.
Ms Marshall said SODPROPS enabled aircraft to arrive and depart Brisbane Airport over Moreton Bay.
“With these changes, SODPROPS will become the priority operating mode when traffic and weather conditions allow, resulting in increased use on weekends, and on weekday evenings from 9pm,” she said.
Ms Marshall said aircraft on the departure flight paths used during SODPROPS would remain over water for longer and would be higher before they crossed the coastline, resulting in lower noise levels for communities.
She said this would mean for every flight using this procedure, there would be a reduction of the total population overflown by between 300,000 to 500,000 people, compared to standard parallel runway operations.
“The changes are a result of extensive consultation with the people of Brisbane and respond to Redlands community concerns about aircraft noise impacts.
“Under these changes the height of aircraft operations over the Redlands area will increase from 8000ft to above 12,000ft to reduce the noise impact.”
