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Who uses Farnborough Airport?
It is understood that Farnborough Airport's clients include professionals including business leaders,
senior decision makers, investors and politicians.
Security checks
are undertaken before customers
are driven to their aircraft.
What improvements have taken place in recent years?
The Airport was transferred from the MoD to become a private airport in the late 1990s on the
understanding that it would only be used for business aviation and the Farnborough Airshow. Since
then, there has been considerable investment to modernise the airport and its infrastructure.
The planning permission given in 2000 gave the Council the opportunity to bring the previously
unregulated flying activities at Farnborough under public control.
Rushmoor Borough Council granted planning permission in 2000 for new buildings and associated
structures; an aerodrome and associated infrastructure works; new vehicle access and the use of the
aerodrome for business aviation and related activities.
It is recognised that while some people are more sensitive to noise than others, the impact of aircraft
noise on the local area is less than ten years ago, with improved technology creating quieter aircraft.
Modern aircraft are more fuel-efficient, and aircraft routing and procedures can influence noise
disturbance.
Routine monitoring of compliance with noise abatement routes, air quality targets, and aircraft movements
continues at the airport (see below).
What environmental controls are established?
In 2000, the Council granted planning permission that set out the limits defining the Airport's terms of
operation. The main controls associated with this permission include:
Noisier aircraft have to be phased out for the operator to exceed 20,000 movements per
annum in order to comply with a
'noise budget'
.
Flying can only take place between 0700 - 2200 weekdays and 0800 - 2000 at weekends
and bank holidays.
Aircraft are limited to those types with a manufacturer's
maximum take-off weight
below
50 tonnes. This limit allows the operation of inter-continental business aircraft such as the
Gulfstream V and Global Express. An exception is made for up to 1,500 movements per
annum by purpose designed business aircraft up to 80 tonnes to accommodate the Boeing
Business Jet and Airbus Corporate Jet
