Noise Action Plan for Brisbane

The Noise Action Plan for Brisbane is Airservices Australia’s plan to reduce the impact of aircraft noise on the communities of the wider Brisbane area. The plan was developed to address impacts resulting from changes to Brisbane’s airspace, following the introduction of Brisbane Airport's new parallel runway in July 2020.

The Noise Action Plan for Brisbane comprises four packages of work.

Airservices is actively engaging with industry stakeholders and the wider Brisbane community on aircraft noise, discussing potential flight path options and outlining key delivery milestones.

Community wellbeing support

Airservices Australia has extended our Employee Assistance Program to any community member who is feeling negatively affected by aircraft operations. This assistance program is a confidential service, provided at no cost to community members. The assistance program is provided by Converge International and is completely independent of Airservices Australia. Learn more here.

Engage Airservices

You don’t need to register to just review our flight path materials. However, you do need to register to provide us with your feedback. To register, click on the ‘Register’ button on the top right-hand side of the website. Learn more about registering here.

To receive Noise Action Plan for Brisbane updates, please enter your email address in the ‘Stay Informed’ tool on the right-hand side of the project page and click ‘Subscribe’ (if you're accessing this page on a mobile device, you may need to scroll down to find this tool). We provide alerts of program updates and engagement opportunities via email to subscribers and registered users.

The Noise Action Plan for Brisbane is Airservices Australia’s plan to reduce the impact of aircraft noise on the communities of the wider Brisbane area. The plan was developed to address impacts resulting from changes to Brisbane’s airspace, following the introduction of Brisbane Airport's new parallel runway in July 2020.

The Noise Action Plan for Brisbane comprises four packages of work.

Airservices is actively engaging with industry stakeholders and the wider Brisbane community on aircraft noise, discussing potential flight path options and outlining key delivery milestones.

Community wellbeing support

Airservices Australia has extended our Employee Assistance Program to any community member who is feeling negatively affected by aircraft operations. This assistance program is a confidential service, provided at no cost to community members. The assistance program is provided by Converge International and is completely independent of Airservices Australia. Learn more here.

Engage Airservices

You don’t need to register to just review our flight path materials. However, you do need to register to provide us with your feedback. To register, click on the ‘Register’ button on the top right-hand side of the website. Learn more about registering here.

To receive Noise Action Plan for Brisbane updates, please enter your email address in the ‘Stay Informed’ tool on the right-hand side of the project page and click ‘Subscribe’ (if you're accessing this page on a mobile device, you may need to scroll down to find this tool). We provide alerts of program updates and engagement opportunities via email to subscribers and registered users.

Q&A

Do you have questions about Package 4 investigations or options? If your question has any confidential elements - such as a residential address - we'll reply privately rather than publishing the response here.

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  • Why when aircraft take off over water can't they stay over water and not do a U turn and then fly over Brisbane suburbs

    john Knee asked 1 day ago

    Thanks for your question. Aircraft take off over water from Brisbane Airport when the prevailing winds are from the north - planes fly better and more safely when they take off (and land) into the wind. However, once they have taken off, they need to head towards their destination. When the destination is to the east (eg Pacific islands or the USA), they can keep going over water.  But for almost all other destinations, the planes have to turn back over land to head in the right direction. Early changes implemented through the Noise Action Plan for Brisbane amended over water departure paths to keep planes over water longer so that they crossed the mainland coastline at higher altitudes than previously. Package 4 has also investigated a concept to track these departures further east over the ocean before turning to the south, but found that it was not viable. You can read more about this - Concept 3 - on page 19 of the summary document.

  • Add for updates

    Sharee M asked 2 days ago

    Hi there, if you can subscribe to updates on the Noise Action Plan for Brisbane by entering your email address under the ‘megaphone icon’ to the right-hand side of the page. If you’re accessing the site from a mobile device, you’ll need to scroll down below all of the updates to reach the subscribe field.  

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