preferential routes

Preferential routes [PDRs (preferential departure route), PARs (preferential arrival routes), and PDARs (preferential departure and arrival routes)] are adapted in ARTCC (air route traffic control center) computers to accomplish inter/intrafacility controller coordination and to ensure that flight data are posted at the proper control positions. Locations having a need for these specific inbound and outbound routes normally publish them in local facility bulletins, and their use by pilots minimizes flight plan route amendments. When the workload or traffic situation permits, controllers normally provide radar vectors or assign requested routes to minimize circuitous routing.

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Its aircraft also frequently strayed out of the 3km wide "noise preferential routes" - recommended flightpaths provided by the airport to reduce noise impact on local residents.

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With many more preferential routes to be enforced, perhaps it's time for the local motorist to make a better informed choice of council, come May?

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More than 98 per cent of aircraft taking off are using Noise Preferential Routes over the least populated areas.

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Segment 3 (2015-2020) will include equipped aircraft receiving benefits associated like preferential routes. Limited radar decommissioning will begin during this time, with the ultimate goal of a 50-percent reduction in the surveillance radar infrastructure.

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It was also revealed the airport has been looking at ways to reduce the impact on people living in the flight paths by examining "noise preferential routes" with less flying over urban areas.

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Noise Preferential Routes (NPRs) Width of flight corridor Non-Directional Beacon (NDBs) approaches Potential increase in night flights The impact of the longer runway will be that planes will be lower in the sky at Balsall Common during both take off and landing and will be larger ( that being the purpose of the extension to the runway).

Letter: Villagers state their case over future plans for runway

At Heathrow, landing planes are alternated between each runway to ease disturbance to people in west London, and planes must fly through government- set corridors known as Noise Preferential Routes, which aim to protect built-up areas.

Heathrow residents say we can... EXPECT HELL