Appendix 3.5 Summary of Measured Helicopter Noise
Wayson Commercial Building Operation Mode 1 - Approach from East and Take off to West
23-Mar-05 15-Jan-05 Average Value
Duration of Each Operation, s 1330 1400 1430 1500 1530 1600 1630 1700 1530 1600 1630 1700
Operation Mode   Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Event 5 Event 6 Event 7 Event 8 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Event 5
Pass By -- 51 54 52 40 26 55 49 45 76 52 44 49
Approach -- 31 25 33 26 22 23 24 26 21 24 24 25
Hovering -- 36 47 23 36 25 35 27 25 25 22 24 30
Idling -- 569 492 675 748 443 913 680 719 786 931 548 682
Hovering -- 44 64 73 96 32 56 65 21 69 69 65 59
Take Off -- 19 15 14 14 12 20 14 5 6 6 6 12
Pass By -- 11 9 7 36 9 8 9 16 11 13 8 12
  0.634 0.558 0.634 0.2 0.27 0.71 0.558 0.558 0.34 0.558 0.27
Leq, dB(A)   0.558 0.558 0.558 0.34 0.41 0.066 0.41 0 0 0.133 0.71
Operation Mode   Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Event 5 Event 6 Event 7 Event 8 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Event 5
Pass By -- 75.3 72.1 74.8 74.6 73.0 70.3 71.8 71.2 71.5 70.9 71.1 68.0
with loading correction -- 75.9 72.7 75.4 74.8 73.3 71.0 72.4 71.8 71.8 71.5 71.4
without background -- 72.8 62.7 71.2 70.8 68.7 61.0 62.4 65.8 65.8 64.4 64.4
      19257661.9 1844166.0 13068587.1 12002508.6 7428602.0 1261827.5 1721075.8 3769759.1 3794124.4 2769244.8 2744035.7
Approach -- 76.1 73.7 73.7 75.1 74.5 70.6 74.3 73.9 73.8 73.5 73.1 71.1
with loading correction -- 76.7 74.3 74.3 75.3 74.8 71.3 74.9 74.5 74.1 74.1 73.4
without background -- 74.3 68.8 67.2 72.0 72.1 61.3 70.6 72.2 71.6 71.5 70.3
      27188508.1 7601701.0 5249273.4 15687407.0 16187782.5 1352072.6 11550929.5 16692396.7 14460257.4 14236392.1 10762229.8
Hovering -- 76.3 77.0 77.2 77.4 77.2 76.6 77.8 78.8 79.5 80.3 79.1 77.5
with loading correction -- 76.9 77.6 77.8 77.6 77.5 77.3 78.4 79.4 79.8 80.9 79.4
without background -- 74.7 75.8 75.9 75.9 76.2 75.9 76.9 78.8 79.3 80.4 78.8
      29410201.2 37935569.1 38851924.9 39346985.1 42043176.8 38691365.8 49462654.8 75037937.8 84901366.1 110622651.7 75532009.9
Idling -- 71.5 71.4 74.4 70.5 74.2 70.7 72.6 71.6 70.8 71.1 71 64.7
without background -- 61.5 61.4 67.5 60.5 71.0 60.7 62.6 65.1 57.3 62.2 62.1
      1412537.5 1380384.3 5664670.8 1122018.5 12498837.3 1174897.6 1819700.9 3234213.2 541108.1 1662311.0 1624472.2
Hovering -- 73.7 75.1 73.5 75.2 74.6 73.9 75.6 77.3 77 75 76.2 73.3
with loading correction -- 74.3 75.7 74.1 75.5 75.0 74.0 76.0 77.3 77.0 75.1 76.9
without background -- 68.3 72.5 65.5 72.5 72.5 69.9 73.2 76.3 75.9 73.3 75.8
      6703685.0 17741341.1 3578960.4 17612635.1 17891832.0 9787369.3 20847883.1 42482995.1 38637187.1 21386001.3 38126005.7
Take Off -- 78.4 76.3 77.7 78.3 76.7 74.7 76.4 79.5 83 78.3 80.6 78.1
with loading correction -- 79.0 76.9 78.3 78.6 77.1 74.8 76.8 79.5 83.0 78.4 81.3
without background -- 77.7 74.7 76.5 77.4 75.8 71.7 74.6 78.9 82.7 77.7 80.9
      58715719.4 29451899.6 45080002.5 54916899.8 37600522.5 14828402.1 28918737.7 77904909.3 188044695.3 58490604.7 124242474.4
Pass By -- 78.7 78.8 79.9 75.2 78.8 78.6 78.1 77.5 80.8 77.7 80.5 78.3
with loading correction -- 79.3 79.4 80.5 75.5 79.2 78.7 78.5 77.5 80.8 77.8 81.2
without background -- 78.1 78.3 79.5 72.5 78.4 77.7 77.2 76.5 80.4 76.9 80.8
      64342024.57 67203515.12 89244371.14 17612635.12 69564275.82 58417321.3 51903169.62 45013948 108744907 49495374.8 121164781
Lmax, dB(A)
Operation Mode   Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Event 5 Event 6 Event 7 Event 8 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Event 5
Pass By -- 80.0 80.4 80.4 80.1 78.9 73.9 80.4 74.9 74.9 73.5 76.0 77.9
with loading correction -- 80.6 81.0 81.0 80.3 79.2 74.6 81.0 75.5 75.2 74.1 76.3
without background -- 79.8 80.2 80.2 79.5 78.4 71.4 80.2 73.8 73.4 71.5 75.0
      95765132.0 105626313.3 105004379.2 88954921.9 68799952.3 13771186.3 105626313.3 23919673.3 21937967.8 14236392.1 31399514.6
Approach -- 81.5 78.3 78.7 80.7 79.4 72.7 83.3 80.4 78.3 78.0 78.4 79.5
with loading correction -- 82.1 78.9 79.3 80.9 79.7 73.4 83.9 81.0 78.6 78.6 78.7
without background -- 81.6 77.6 78.1 80.2 79.0 68.3 83.5 80.5 77.9 77.8 78.0
      143503050.6 57823025.2 63905140.7 104829868.5 78879139.7 6792436.9 224053812.4 113460736.0 61632372.1 60526196.5 62655927.8
Hovering -- 82.6 82.2 82.9 82.1 83.1 83.0 82.0 83.6 84.4 84.5 84.4 83.4
with loading correction -- 83.2 82.8 83.5 82.3 83.4 83.7 82.6 84.2 84.7 85.1 84.7
without background -- 82.8 82.3 83.1 81.8 83.1 83.4 82.1 84.0 84.6 84.9 84.5
      190619075.2 169657602.5 203754023.7 151627356.7 203466275.2 219827669.6 161164154.0 249275180.3 286370106.7 309259127.7 282124542.6
Idling -- 81.0 81.8 82.6 80.3 82.0 79.3 82.8 80.4 78.4 77.2 77.2 80.0
without background -- 80.3 81.2 82.0 79.5 81.6 78.4 82.3 79.9 77.6 76.2 76.2
      105939918 132301517.7 160092469.6 88954921.94 144685476.6 69978191.34 171491464.6 98427635.1 57701560.9 41260561.5 41515964.1
Hovering -- 80.1 81.9 79.3 82.4 78.7 79.1 82.4 81.1 84.7 78.9 83.4 81.4
with loading correction -- 80.7 82.5 79.9 82.7 79.1 79.2 82.8 81.1 84.7 79.0 84.1
without background -- 79.8 82.0 78.7 82.3 78.3 78.3 82.4 80.7 84.5 78.4 83.9
      96406382.1 157061874.1 74905588.8 169734673.1 67666585.8 67392136.6 171930718.7 117604770.6 283639386.5 68818510.6 246667333.7
Take Off -- 84.9 80.1 84.4 84.2 81.7 79.9 80.0 83.7 84.9 83.5 84.4 83.3
with loading correction -- 85.5 80.7 85.0 84.5 82.1 80.0 80.4 83.7 84.9 83.6 85.1
without background -- 85.2 79.9 84.6 84.3 81.7 79.2 79.6 83.5 84.7 83.4 85.0
      331445955.1 97304398.1 291306696.3 266249102.2 148751032.9 84084565.1 90845976.8 223202697.0 297548007.0 219613933.8 313374835.4
Pass By -- 82.4 82.1 83.9 83.3 82.3 80.6 80.3 84.0 83.6 83.1 83.9 82.9
with loading correction -- 83.0 82.7 84.5 83.6 82.7 80.7 80.7 84.0 83.6 83.2 84.6
without background -- 82.5 82.2 84.1 83.3 82.4 80.1 79.9 83.8 83.4 83.0 84.4
      177653319.0 165361988.2 257248196.1 213009470.4 172834126.4 101437931.6 98705990.2 239968458.6 217605229.1 199303033.5 278103206.3
Background Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Event 5 Event 6 Event 7 Event 8 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Event 5
  -- 73 72.8 73.4 72.6 71.4 71.8 72.8 70.5 70.6 70.5 70.4 71.9
  -- 19952623.15 19054607.18 21877616.24 18197008.59 13803842.65 15135612.48 19054607.18 11220184.5 11481536.2 11220184.5 10964782