Attend a community consultation session in July 2022
Following on from feedback gained during the early engagement phase in 2021, we have developed a preliminary airspace and flight path design for Williamtown (Newcastle Airport).
Where operationally safe, flight paths have been designed to minimise impacts to communities, particularly in relation to aircraft noise. Where residential areas cannot be avoided, we have attempted to design the airspace so operations can be distributed and noise shared, and to avoid the most populated areas of these communities, where possible. Noise impact assessments have been undertaken to identify the levels of aircraft noise that may potentially be experienced in different communities.
Fact sheets on the specific changes in each Local Government Area (LGA) have been prepared to provide details of the changes being proposed, the altitude of aircraft in these locations, forecast noise levels and projected frequency of operations. Each LGA fact sheet also summarises the feedback we received from the community in 2021 which was incorporated into the preliminary design where possible. These fact sheets can be found in the Documents section of this page.
The proposed preliminary airspace design is now available for community review and comment. We will consider all feedback received as we finalise the design. Where possible, we will make changes to the proposed design to address community concerns or areas of interest, however it is not possible to guarantee any suburb, group or individual exemption from aircraft noise exposure.
We will be hosting a series of community consultation sessions in the local area from 18 July 2022. These sessions will give local residents an opportunity to find out more about the preliminary design from our technical experts and provide feedback.
Note: these sessions are not structured formal meetings, rather drop-in style sessions where community members can have one-on-one conversations with Airservices staff.
Community consultation session schedule:
| Day | Date | Venue | Address | From | To |
| Monday | 18 July | Lakelands Community Centre | 3 Literary Close, Kanwal | 4.30pm | 7.30pm |
| Tuesday | 19 July | Swansea Centre - Ocean Room 1 | 228 Pacific Highway, Swansea | 4.30pm | 7.30pm |
| Wednesday | 20 July | Cessnock Performing Arts Centre - Program Room | 198 Vincent Street, Cessnock | 4.30pm | 7.30pm |
| Thursday | 21 July | Hawks Nest Community Centre | 71 Booner Street, Hawks Nest | 4.30pm | 7.30pm |
| Friday | 22 July | Rutherford Community Centre | 13 Arthur Street, Rutherford | 4.30pm | 7.30pm |
| Saturday | 23 July | Williamtown Public Hall | 2 Sandeman Street, Williamtown | 9.00am | 12.00pm |
| Saturday | 23 July | Wallsend Railway Goods Shed | 76 Cowper Road, Wallsend | 2.00pm | 5.00pm |
| Monday | 25 July | Singleton Diggers | 49 Castlereagh Street, Singleton | 4.30pm | 7.30pm |
| Tuesday | 26 July | CWA Hall Dungog | 199 Dowling Street, Dungog | 4.30pm | 7.30pm |
| Wednesday | 27 July | Carrington Community Centre | 1A Hargraves Street, Carrington | 4.30pm | 7.30pm |
| Thursday | 28 July | Raymond Terrace Senior Citizens Hall | 17E Irrawang Street, Raymond Terrace | 10.00am | 1.00pm |
| Thursday | 28 July | Seaham Scout Hall | 10 Warren Street, Seaham | 4.30pm | 7.30pm |
| Friday | 29 July | Kurri Kurri Senior Citizens Hall | 132 Barton Street, Kurri Kurri | 4.30pm | 7.30pm |
| Saturday | 30 July | Pat Hughes Community Centre | Taylor Avenue, Thornton | 9.00am | 12.00pm |
| Saturday | 30 July | Kilaben Bay Community Hall | 132A Kilaben Bay Road, Kilaben Bay | 2.00pm | 5.00pm |
| Thursday | 11 Aug | Online community consultation session | 7.00pm |
Click here to register your attendance at one of our sessions.
Consultation has concluded
