Heathrow runway alternation: how does it affect you?
Cutting back on runway alternation
The Government's consultation on expanding Heathrow includes proposals for abandoning runway alternation during the day.
This would mean that during the busiest periods aircraft would use both runways in parallel for landings. This already happens between 6am and 7am.
In these circumstances planes approaching the airport from the east would descend over the Wandsworth and Richmond areas at the same time as the Hammersmith and Ealing areas.
In other words, for extra periods during the day, whether you live under the southern runway flight path or the northern - there would be no let-up from noise.
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