Dublin Airport’s North Runway does not fly the routes its planning permission was assessed on.
Since August 2022 its departures have turned early, over people the assessment never put under a flight path. We are residents who read the documents. This is what they say.
13,923
people newly overflown
by the routes flown since 2022, within 1.5 km each side of the track. Routes consistent with the assessed design: 998.
30,186
people newly affected
within 3 km each side of the routes flown. Routes consistent with the assessed design: 1,164.
74.6 dBA
at Kilcoskan National School
the median peak of a departure, measured on daa’s own monitor, 167 times a day. The loudest type, the A330-300: 80.6 dBA.
0
enforcement actions
“ANCA has taken no enforcement actions”: the Minister, September 2026. ANCA is Fingal County Council acting as Dublin Airport’s noise regulator.
The figures come from our two studies, published with their data and methods so anyone can check them: who is overflown and how loud each flight is.
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