Planning permission to increase the number of night time flights operating at Dublin Airport has been approved by Fingal County Council.
The decision allows new rules around night time flights to come into effect at Dublin Airport, as put forward by the Aircraft Noise Competent Authority (ANCA). The airport will be able to increase the level of night time noise up until 2025, when measures slowly encouraging a reduction in the noise will then kick in.
Current rules state that the average number of night time aircraft movements at the airport shall not exceed 65 per night (between 2300 hours and 0700 hours) when measured over the 92 day modelling period. These will be revoked and replaced with an annual Noise Quota Scheme (NQS) with an annual limit of 16,260 between 23:00 and 06:59 (inclusive, local time) with noise-related limits on the aircraft permitted to operate at night, with the following conditions enforced:
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- A take-off or landing at the Airport shall be determined to fall within the night time based on runway time.
- No aircraft with a Quota Count of 4.0 or more shall be permitted to take off at the Airport during the night time.
- No aircraft with a Quota Count of 2.0 or more shall per permitted to land at the Airport during the night time.
- Each aircraft landing at or taking off from the Airport during the night time will be assigned a Quota Count based on its Noise Classification Level.
The Noise Quota will not apply in the following situations:
- Where a take-off or landing of any aircraft at the Airport is made in an emergency, where there is an immediate danger to life or health, whether human or animal.
- Where a take-off or landing of any aircraft at the Airport occurs as a result of a delay to that aircraft which is likely to lead to serious congestion at the Airport and/or serious hardship or suffering to passengers or animals.
- Where a take-off or landing of any aircraft at the Airport occurs as a result of widespread and prolonged disruption of air traffic.
- Flights for military, medical or humanitarian purposes granted exemption by the Irish Government.
These conditions include the regulatory decision by ANCA. Fingal County Council's decision may be appealed to An Bord Pleanala.
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