As part of the approvals for the new runway, Brisbane Airport prepared a noise study which you can find here. Page 21 has the Australian Noise Exposure Forecast (ANEF) Chart and data on what they expect (through models), the noise impact to be on the ground. I'm not sure where Holland Park is, but that might be a good start point.
I have a relative at Morningside. Which is closer to YBBN than Holland Park and basically on the centre line.
We have lived on the RAAF Base at Fairbairn (Canberra) and we currently live very near the initial point for runway 09 at ESL. ie we are familiar with a/c noise.
I grew up in the early 60's living in railway staff housing (my dad worked for the railways) right next to the main trunk line in New Zealand. In those days it was the huge steam locomotives belching steam and black smoke and very very loud. I can now sleep through anything. You get used to noise and just don't notice it.
Also check out runway19 departures, (to the south for holand park, I cop the north departures). I've been impacted by the new flight paths...and I'm not even on the noise impact map as aircraft are above 5000ft but seem to be on takeoff power meeting altitude requirements, and that's noisy enougt to wake me up at 1:00am and 4:00am 50% of nights here. BNE doesn't have a curfew and I suspect that the nosiest aircraft (international heavies) won't accept the "preferred" over the bay departures if there is any downwind (hence 50% time). It is indeed a personal thing...at 1 and 4 am. In sydney I live under the arrival path on the upper north shore but don't complain, have no right to really, as there is a curfew and the runway was ther before me (unlike Brisbane's NEW runway and procedures).
Reminds me of when I lived and worked at RAAF WLM in the days of Mirage. I used to call Mr Seat 0B for a chat every now and then when we were dating. We worked in separate hangars at opposite ends of the taxi ways parallel to the runway. When Mirage took off in pairs, or worse, Form 4s, the conversation would be like “ hi how is your day (pause for takeoff roar) going today?” “it’s going (pause for take off roar) great thanks.” It became so ingrained that people on the base just held all their conversations that way. Sleeping in the living in accommodation during night flying was not really possible.
The arrivals and departures to the original runway have effectively not changed, so you could ask your prospective neighbours what they thought of the noise. Arrivals by 10 pm at night have to be on centreline of the runway before descending below 3000’, which puts them at around 10 nautical miles (about 18 km) from runway threshold. Departures after 10 pm heading south are rare (original runway used for arrivals or departures to/from south or east).
Can’t nominate a runway with more than 5 knots tailwind, it’s illegal to do so (written regulations that also nominate the penalties for breaking them). Sydney’s exception is also written in the regulations. The majority of international heavies will take the nominated runway i.e. they will take up 5 knots of tailwind on the duty runway. Cathay heavies would ask for runway 01 with up to 10 knots of tailwind when 19 was the nominated runway, I’m guessing cause it was a much shorter taxi and they were heading north.
No supersonic flow in the exhaust from a Macchi. And the 748 was called a dog whistle for good reason.
Runway behaviour with tailwinds is interesting. Firstly they are bloody easy to get wrong, so there are real safety implications.
If things ever go back to anything like normal, the complaints will be legendary.
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