Lynbrook and airplane noise

[Johninwestbury]

They are back! Why cant those rich snobs fly over the water?

[Rachael84]

I was driving back to Queens from Smithtown yesterday evening. We were on the Northern state in the Westbury area and I could see what you mean. They were flying really low considering the airport is ~15 miles away.

How is the airplane noise in Levittown? Would it be that different from Westbury? The house we're buying is in west Levittown.

[alexei27]

The FAA gave the air ahow at Jones Beach a bunch of airspace...so that may be the cause for more planes over Nassau/Queens for the past few days. That should end today at 3:30pm as they get the airspace back.

This of course does not explain the jumbos flying low in the middle of the night.

Johninwestbury wrote: "The orientation of the runways makes this possible, with one in a SW-NE fashion, and another in a SE-NW orientation"

You are mostly right...the SW-NE runways are dual runways (04/22 depending on wind direction) and take the bulk of the traffic.. The SE-NW runway (13/31 I believe) is an overflow runway and is shorter...so jumbos can't land on it. However it has been getting a lot of use lately due on of the 4/22's having construction.

[Johninwestbury]

Originally Posted by alexei27

The FAA gave the air ahow at Jones Beach a bunch of airspace...so that may be the cause for more planes over Nassau/Queens for the past few days. That should end today at 3:30pm as they get the airspace back.

This of course does not explain the jumbos flying low in the middle of the night.

Johninwestbury wrote: "The orientation of the runways makes this possible, with one in a SW-NE fashion, and another in a SE-NW orientation"

You are mostly right...the SW-NE runways are dual runways (04/22 depending on wind direction) and take the bulk of the traffic.. The SE-NW runway (13/31 I believe) is an overflow runway and is shorter...so jumbos can't land on it. However it has been getting a lot of use lately due on of the 4/22's having construction.

The noise has been worst at night though, got woken up 3 times by low flying planes around 4-5am this morning.
It gets scary after awhile...

[spiketta]

check out this site www4.passur.com/jfk.html you can watch arrivals and departures from JFK . I think your about 10 minutes behind real time. thanks..

[Johninwestbury]

Originally Posted by spiketta

check out this site www4.passur.com/jfk.html you can watch arrivals and departures from JFK . I think your about 10 minutes behind real time. thanks..

I've been using Flight Aware but I'll check that out too.

[Johninwestbury]

Thanks it is much better than Flight Aware. Also it has been quiet here today, as I see they are using the proper approach (over the water, which is what it should be all the time!)

[Rachael84]

What does "in transit" mean? There are a lot of them on that map.

[Molly Sparks]

I live in Valley Stream north of Merrick, and if the wind is from the WNW, NW, N, NNE, NE, E, sometimes even ESE, we will get continual takeoffs from JFK directly over my house. They fly over LITERALLY every 30 seconds, between 2500 and 3000 feet, with NO apparent attempt to gain altitude. This can continue for days if the wind does not shift, and only began about 3 years ago, so what changed at that time? and WHY?