Tweed-New Haven Airport: What’s your ambient noise level? Part I.

You might be doing it wrong!
Here is the Federal Law stating the way to properly measure aircraft noise. A word of advice to Tweed-New Haven Airport opponents: It might be in your interest to do things the correct way before ‘educating’ the unwitting public on aircraft noise (among many other aeronautical matters). While I am no Scientist, I know the ranks at Save Our Shoreline, EH Politics, Keep Tweed Small and FlyTweedFacts are replete with a full-staff of expert Scientists. Consult with them immediately!

If you’re going to espouse your expertise in the rigors of science as you so often do, whilst collecting noise data documenting your “tragedy”, you ought to subject yourselves to the rigors of such discipline. In simple terms, do better work.

As such, you might start by following the rules. Or, are you in the process of re-writing them? If you are, let us know! Then, while you’re at it…use the correct equipment.

Expert data collection?

Here is just a small sample of anti-HVN rhetoric at the hands of the above ⬆️ anti-airport groups. This is the “evidence” that these anti-airport protesters use to make their case.

How is the noise emitted from that Avelo jet louder than the L max data (see below) published by a Real authority on aircraft noise? Answer:

🛑✈️Pseudo Science 🧪 and personal vendettas coupled with an agenda come to mind. ✈️🛑

Below is real data (make sure to compare Save Our Shoreline’s “data” with the table below). Let’s start with typical comparisons:

Let’s raise our glass 🍷 to Save Our Shoreline and friends!
As one last toast to Save Our Shoreline and friends’ abysmal noise measurement techniques, consider this fact of life: Ambient Noise Level. Ambient noise level is the pre-existing noise level of any given area. Ambient Noise Level is to measuring noise as a foundation is to a house.

It might be worth asking the “Noise Captains” at Save Our Shoreline if they are taking this FACT into consideration with their noise measurements? When you see those ear-splitting decibel readings provided by the “Noise Captains” of Save Our Shoreline, remember: what was the ambient noise level before that loud and obnoxious Avelo Jet💜 ✈️ 💛screeched above. Does their “equipment” segregate (or filter out) Ambient Noise from the peak noise generated by an airplane flying overhead?

🛑🤔 Without taking Ambient Noise Level into consideration, the “readings” you see bandied about by anti-airport opponents reek of something foul…something akin to a landfill for example…or maybe dead fish. Remember, Ambient Noise Level is to noise measurements what a foundation is to a house. Speaking of a house, Save Our Shoreline’s noise data campaign is not too dissimilar from a house of cards.

Let the video evidence speak for itself.
Attached ⬇️ below are videos of noise measurements taken by actual scientists, you know, those people who are trained, educated and equipped to give us the best data available (or at least better equipped ) than Save Our Shoreline. Look and listen closely. The videos that I’ve attached include Boeing 737-800 aircraft climbing and descending, much like they do over Branford, Connecticut…home to the latest malignancy feeding off of and spewing aeronautical falsehoods.

Of note and for the record: Airplanes arriving and departing Tweed-New Haven Airport do not fly over surrounding towns at “tree top level” or “50 feet” as is so often bemoaned by anti-airport people. These airplanes fly 1,500 feet or higher (this statement is verified by ADS-B data that emanates from the very fiendish aircraft that supposedly heckle Branford). The table that I’ve attached is an accurate depiction of what surrounding towns actually experience in terms of LMax dbz.

When exact aircraft are not available to compare, representative (Boeing 737-700/800 versus Airbus 319 and Boeing 737-400) aircraft are illustrated instead. When viewing these videos, ask yourself why these readings are entirely different than the ones so eagerly provided by Save Our Shoreline.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-AXx4EbhUU&list=PL7knI05_53GTFYEq1-CxjHjsehEz7JD54&index=39 (Boeing 737-800)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wikkhPgiyEs&list=PL7knI05_53GTFYEq1-CxjHjsehEz7JD54&index=31 (Boeing 737-400…that’s an older technology version of Avelo jets)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsvrLxKkfBY&list=PL7knI05_53GTFYEq1-CxjHjsehEz7JD54&index=37 (Airbus A319 versus 🆚 a Train)

What’s that constant ringing in your ears? It’s the Hawk squawking.
On a final note, here is a snapshot of HVN operational data on a recent day. While not an official source of Air Traffic information, it tells a very revealing truth. The truth is that claims of “constant” aircraft noise are, well, shall we say, a bit exaggerated? There might be a theme here…but I will let you decide. The point of the below data is to put perspective on all this ear-splitting noise.

The below chart reveals that HVN airport has an average of 2.6 aircraft operations per hour on the particular day in question. The date that I used was July 20, 2023. On that day, Tweed Airport recorded 64 Total Operations (32 takeoffs and 32 landings). While this sample day IS NOT the average number of HVN operations throughout the year, it is approximately representative (Just follow the line to get a rough idea of how daily operations occur at Tweed). Again, by the chart and graph, you can approximate Tweed has an average of 2.6 aircraft operations per hour. Whoa!

Of note, Avelo (for sake of argument) represented approximately 28 of those operations (14 takeoffs and 14 landings). Don’t forget, other kinds of airplanes operate from Tweed. Avelo is not the only game in town at our airport. Is this subjecting East Haven and Branford to “constant aircraft noise”. Well, you decide. I’m just here to share another perspective.

You do the math Save Our Shoreline 🆘 Connecticut. There are twenty four (24) hours in a day…you knew that, right 🆘? While you’re doing the complex math that I performed to arrive at this staggering figure (2.6 operations per day approximately), do yourselves a favor: look up the definitions of “constant” (aircraft noise) and “exaggeration”. And lest I forget, those Hush-Kits are on order!