Dublin Airport New Runway/Infrastructure.

It’s not far off about half the nighttime flights currently, give or take. Winter would be a little different.

Tbf though the planning condition is ridiculous. If the planning condition was 65 flights on the new runway (the one that got planning permission), that would be one thing, but imposing it on the existing infrastructure too is ridiculous.

I don't think anyone is complaining about the noise made by aircraft cruising at 30,000 feet. But, you don't have to be standing next to a departing aircraft to hear engine noise. It's pretty significant up to at least 4,000-5,000 feet when you are below it. On the landing side, I agree airframe noise is a big part of that, but the annoying component is the fan whine imo.

The planning is from 2007, at a time when engines are no where near as quiet as they are now.

The “locals” bought a cheap house under the flight path, to get the “good” postal address, which is a little like buying the fake Chanel handbag off the street vendor. They wanted the address but weren’t willing to pay for it!

Any educated mind would know that the airport would be developed into the future.

The curfew is ridiculous. It’s time it was challenged and a matter of national strategic importance.

It's not unusual for planning conditions to put time of day restrictions on construction activities that can cause nuisance. It seems reasonable to me that if normal operations also can cause a nuisance then planning conditions should apply to that too. Eg nightclubs, bars etc. Less likely in the case of house extensions or semiconductor fabs.

Frankfurt Airport closes from 11PM to 7AM and this is STRICTLY adhered to. It is one of the busiest airports in the world and is the main hub for Lufthansa and their cargo flights.

Some people demand that capitalism must take precedence over people's general health.

Midnight is too late.

Flights should stop at Dublin at 11PM and a compromise with resumption at 6AM possibly. Airlines should be heavily fined for breaking such time limits.

We will have to agree to disagree on that one. Majority of flights between 11pm and 12 am are flights landing on 28L or 10R anyway which have had no problems over the last 30 years and are much quieter than take offs.

Residents under 28R have no right to demand nighttime restrictions when it does not effect them any differently than it has over the last 30 years.

I heard one loud vocal local woman who had objected vociferously to the original SIDs, post change and improvement for her area quickly moved her Ire on to the next thing that was annoying her. Some people feed off negativity. Some people will never be happy.

Frankfurt closes from 11pm to 5am though, not 7am. It's a 6 hour closure so Ryanair's one of midnight to 6am would be the same. Even if you wanted to do 11pm to 6am, I can imagine there's much departures between 11 and midnight so you're basically looking at arrivals in the 11 to midnight slot and the early US landings from around 4.30 as the main traffic there. 6-7 for departures is busy though and taking that away will be a major issue for airlines.

Even looking at other airports, Heathrow,Stansted,Gatwick and Zurich are 11:30 to 6. Budapest, Cologne are from midnight to 5. 11 to 7 would actually be very strict compared to others

Or CPO the serial complainers and just stop them from blocking progress for the country properly.

Leo Varadkar doesn’t anticipate disruption to flights at Dublin as a result of Fingal CC order. Believes things to play out at An Bord Pleanala and in the courts before the action comes into force. See that quote this afternoon on twitter.

Yeah he said it this afternoon.

Government will 100% get involved I think. If you've the taoiseach saying it won't be an issue then it'll probably get sorted

Pushback and taxi to runway 18 would absorb 15 minutes anyway.