Better And More Timely Information For Local Airport Communities

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Did anyone watch the news report?

I have some sympathy for people born under the flight path before traffic increased but there were people - young people who were complaining about the noise and how it impacted their baby - c'mon people if bought under an existing flight path then you cant complain.

This cost $20 million - that would pay for 400 teachers for a year and instead we are wasting money on this.

This is an absolute disgrace by the NSW govt - AGAIN.
 
This appears to be Lochard [yes an Australian Company] trying to develop a new revenue stream vis-a-vis selling passive noise monitoring systems to airports, leveraging what they do on a 'real time' basis.

Whilst it records noise at various monitors, it is also a big call that they can accurately identify the acoustic impact 'where you live' from particular aircraft because they have no way to allow for the atmospheric / built structure influence on the propogation of the noise.
 
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Air Services Australia launch Airtrak service

From smh.com.au (Air noise: now you can track it on WebTrak - web - Technology - smh.com.au)

smh.com.au said:
Residents living near eight of Australia's busiest airports - including Sydney - will be able to monitor noise levels of flights.

Resembling Google Earth, the $20 million WebTrak will allow users to track the flight paths of every aircraft within 55 kilometres of a selected airport, giving them information on the noise level, overhead height, distance, and type of planes in the air.

But security concerns will mean the information feed will not be live, but delayed for 40 minutes.
The site itself is available at Airservices Australia - Aircraft Noise - WebTrak Locations and - despite the delay is way fun!:D

Just need to figure out how to make it my wallpaper on my PC now...;)
 
Re: Air Services Australia launch Airtrak service

That is pretty cool !

pitty its not live ,, or closer to live,, though we understand why it cannot be !
 
Re: Air Services Australia launch Airtrak service

Hmmm, now that could be interesting to use from time to time
 
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