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The good news is that Adelaide airport has a fairly restrictive curfew. These poor homeowners don’t have to put up with air traffic 24/7

eru 5y ago
The airport also has been around since 1955 (according to Wikipedia). So anyone who lives there today definitely knew what they were getting into.
- morsch 5y ago
  I suppose. Though passenger numbers have gone up by a factor of four since the 80s.
_AzMoo 5y ago
Having lived directly under that flight path, there are exceptions to the curfew, especially for international flights. Even then, the first flight comes in daily at around 6am (or did when I lived there) and worked as a fairly effective alarm for me.
- laurent92 5y ago
  Serious question: Does the community gave to secure items to prevent them from falling? Have you ever had shattered windows? Less serious questions: Is it a 140dB alarm? Do you recognize models by sound? I assume the A320 is medium-size, do they have bigger airplanes?
  - _AzMoo 5y ago
    Planes coming in above us were at about 1000ft, and there was definitely vibration, but not enough to damage windows. We did have some badly secured pictures fall off the walls, and items on shelves had a tendency to vibrate their way off the edges. Not 140dB, but to give you an idea of how loud it was, we had to pause the TV or conversation when planes were coming over because we couldn't hear it. We could absolutely recognize models by sound. Very rarely did we have anything larger than an A320, Adelaide is not a big airport, but we did have some big military aircraft come through.
  - nl 5y ago
    It's an international airport. Pre-Covid A380s and 747s were common. Now we don't see many A380s anymore.
- TheSpiceIsLife 5y ago
  I used to live in Thebarton under the flight path, too far from the airport to bother anyone too much really. Now I'm in Launceston a bit further from the airport, the 2am Toll Freight flight is definitely something I notice.
  - stephen_g 5y ago
    I'm under a flight path in Brisbane, yeah those freight flights are surprisingly loud compared to the general traffic. For a lot of the dedicated domestic freight flights where I am (I assume it's similar in Tassie), they tend to use old 737-300s and -400s which sound about as loud to me as a much larger 777-300ER flying over, and louder than modern wide-bodies like the 787-9 and A350. Crazy how far engine technology has come!
    - Humphrey 5y ago
      Also, at that time, it's super quite except for those freighters.
      - TheSpiceIsLife 5y ago
        Quality of life here as a home owner is exception, but don't tell anyone ahhhh ;)
        throwaway81991 5y ago
  - Humphrey 5y ago
    Oh, those 2am freighter flights! I'm in a super quiet area of Trevallyn, which makes those couple of flights quite loud. Also, Launceston has a similar set of runway lights, that you drive under, and look very close to a house.
    - throwaway81991 5y ago
ornornor 5y ago
Yeah… I can’t imagine living 100–200m from the runway and right under the approach path… it must be a special kind of hell.
technothrasher 5y ago
I suppose you might get used to it if it was fairly regular every day? I used to live right across from a hospital trauma center helicopter pad. That was annoying because most of the time it was no issue, but every once in a while at like 2am, all heck broke loose with "Thump, thump, thump" in the air and bright lights pouring through my windows. But then, I couldn't get too annoyed, as the fellow in the helicopter undoubtedly had it much worse than I had.

eru 5y ago

The airport also has been around since 1955 (according to Wikipedia). So anyone who lives there today definitely knew what they were getting into.

morsch 5y ago
I suppose. Though passenger numbers have gone up by a factor of four since the 80s.

_AzMoo 5y ago

Having lived directly under that flight path, there are exceptions to the curfew, especially for international flights. Even then, the first flight comes in daily at around 6am (or did when I lived there) and worked as a fairly effective alarm for me.

laurent92 5y ago
Serious question: Does the community gave to secure items to prevent them from falling? Have you ever had shattered windows? Less serious questions: Is it a 140dB alarm? Do you recognize models by sound? I assume the A320 is medium-size, do they have bigger airplanes?
- _AzMoo 5y ago
  Planes coming in above us were at about 1000ft, and there was definitely vibration, but not enough to damage windows. We did have some badly secured pictures fall off the walls, and items on shelves had a tendency to vibrate their way off the edges. Not 140dB, but to give you an idea of how loud it was, we had to pause the TV or conversation when planes were coming over because we couldn't hear it. We could absolutely recognize models by sound. Very rarely did we have anything larger than an A320, Adelaide is not a big airport, but we did have some big military aircraft come through.
- nl 5y ago
  It's an international airport. Pre-Covid A380s and 747s were common. Now we don't see many A380s anymore.
TheSpiceIsLife 5y ago
I used to live in Thebarton under the flight path, too far from the airport to bother anyone too much really. Now I'm in Launceston a bit further from the airport, the 2am Toll Freight flight is definitely something I notice.
- stephen_g 5y ago
  I'm under a flight path in Brisbane, yeah those freight flights are surprisingly loud compared to the general traffic. For a lot of the dedicated domestic freight flights where I am (I assume it's similar in Tassie), they tend to use old 737-300s and -400s which sound about as loud to me as a much larger 777-300ER flying over, and louder than modern wide-bodies like the 787-9 and A350. Crazy how far engine technology has come!
  - Humphrey 5y ago
    Also, at that time, it's super quite except for those freighters.
    - TheSpiceIsLife 5y ago
      Quality of life here as a home owner is exception, but don't tell anyone ahhhh ;)
      - throwaway81991 5y ago
- Humphrey 5y ago
  Oh, those 2am freighter flights! I'm in a super quiet area of Trevallyn, which makes those couple of flights quite loud. Also, Launceston has a similar set of runway lights, that you drive under, and look very close to a house.
  - throwaway81991 5y ago

ornornor 5y ago

Yeah… I can’t imagine living 100–200m from the runway and right under the approach path… it must be a special kind of hell.

technothrasher 5y ago

I suppose you might get used to it if it was fairly regular every day? I used to live right across from a hospital trauma center helicopter pad. That was annoying because most of the time it was no issue, but every once in a while at like 2am, all heck broke loose with "Thump, thump, thump" in the air and bright lights pouring through my windows. But then, I couldn't get too annoyed, as the fellow in the helicopter undoubtedly had it much worse than I had.