Appendix 3.5 Summary of Measured Helicopter Noise
Wayson Commercial Building Operation Mode 2 - Approach from West and Take off to East
4-Apr-05 27-Jan-05 Average Value
Duration of Each Operation, s 1400 1430 1500 1530 1600 1630 1700 1730 1430 1500 1530 1600
Operation Mode   Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Event 5 Event 6 Event 7 Event 8 Event 9 Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4
Pass By -- 18 30 18 27 11 20 23 19 16 29 34 22
Approach -- 30 34 40 29 31 38 34 39 28 28 30 33
Hovering -- 33 29 36 33 34 41 40 24 23 20 18 30
Idling -- 494 703 777 443 721 574 745 702 478 871 898 673
Hovering -- 70 44 59 68 42 60 50 48 39 45 47 52
Take Off -- 14 15 12 15 13 14 15 11 13 11 10 13
Pass By -- 24 33 35 36 31 32 22 24 25 38 34 30
0.558 0.558 0.634 0.558 0.41 0.71 0.558 0.41 0.558 0.485 0.341 0.788
Leq, dB(A) 0.71 0.634 0 0 0 0.2 0.41 0.2 0.066 0.133 0 0.634
Operation Mode   Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Event 5 Event 6 Event 7 Event 8 Event 9 Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4
Pass By -- 77.3 70.7 72.4 71.5 74.2 72.0 73.1 73.5 77.8 76.7 74.3 73.2
with loading correction -- 77.9 71.3 73.0 71.9 74.9 72.6 73.5 74.1 78.3 77.0 75.1
without background   77.1 66.3 70.2 67.4 73.1 68.3 70.4 70.3 77.4 75.7 72.5
      51516148.2 4263107.8 10428051.2 5523870.1 20502907.5 6801691.6 10957283.0 10665492.8 55072501.8 37104485.8 17815679.2
Approach -- 79.1 72.8 76.9 74.1 77.0 75.2 76.2 78.6 79.5 82.1 79 77.8
with loading correction -- 79.7 73.4 77.5 74.5 77.7 75.8 76.6 79.2 80.0 82.4 79.8
without background   79.2 71.0 76.7 72.6 76.9 74.2 75.4 78.3 79.4 82.1 79.1
      82877317.4 12717020.7 46360378.4 18248799.7 48548822.5 26432851.5 34332652.5 67584783.4 87352520.3 161938810.6 80781350.9
Hovering -- 79.4 78.4 78.4 77.8 77.0 77.8 78.9 79.2 80.3 81.6 81 79.3
with loading correction -- 80.0 79.0 79.0 78.2 77.7 78.4 79.3 79.8 80.8 81.9 81.8
without background   79.5 78.5 78.4 77.5 76.9 77.6 78.7 79.0 80.3 81.5 81.4
      89487649.6 70724583.9 69335799.5 56221650.4 48548822.5 57297077.5 73828475.2 79789066.5 107509224.6 142861132.4 136484092.0
Idling -- 70.0 70.4 70.0 70.1 70.2 71.6 70.4 71.6 71.7 71.4 71.2 61.0
without background   56.5 62.1 58.2 53.7 60.2 65.1 60.4 61.6 64.0 55.0 61.2
      450074.1 1632239.0 667457.0 232929.9 1047128.5 3234213.2 1096478.2 1445439.8 2488396.2 314213.8 1318256.7
Hovering -- 74.0 76.7 75.7 74.6 77.0 74.9 74.5 77.9 76.7 79 77.5 75.5
with loading correction -- 74.6 76.7 75.7 74.6 77.2 75.3 74.7 78.0 76.8 79.0 78.1
without background   72.9 75.7 74.4 72.8 76.2 73.6 72.6 76.8 75.6 78.2 77.0
      19517060.0 37440971.1 27820979.9 18840315.0 42009460.5 22742342.7 18030556.1 47812615.9 35925395.3 65943194.6 50618478.1
Take Off -- 74.2 75.0 74.2 74.1 73.9 73.1 73.4 74 74.5 74.4 73.5 71.8
with loading correction -- 74.8 75.0 74.2 74.1 74.1 73.5 73.6 74.1 74.6 74.4 74.1
without background   73.2 73.5 72.3 72.0 71.8 70.5 70.6 70.3 72.2 71.5 70.6
      20886944.9 22290233.6 16970136.9 15703957.8 15232672.3 11218634.7 11427140.3 10712428.7 16757606.0 14052658.2 11451580.7
Pass By -- 70.7 72.0 71.9 70.1 72.6 70.7 70.7 72.7 72.3 72.2 71.7 65.9
with loading correction -- 71.3 72.0 71.9 70.1 72.8 71.1 70.9 72.8 72.4 72.2 72.3
without background   66.1 68.1 67.9 53.7 69.3 62.3 59.1 66.1 67.2 64.9 64.3
      4045724.9 6516388.9 6155623.2 232929.9 8583321.7 1692008.2 821151.5 4114931.2 5207870.9 3106240.2 2661512.5
Lmax, dB(A)
Operation Mode   Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Event 5 Event 6 Event 7 Event 8 Event 9 Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4
Pass By -- 81.7 74.6 78.2 76.8 77.8 76.9 76.3 77.7 82.0 85.5 77.3 79.9
with loading correction -- 82.3 75.2 78.8 77.2 78.5 77.5 76.7 78.3 82.5 85.8 78.1
without background   82.0 73.8 78.2 76.3 77.8 76.5 75.5 77.2 82.2 85.7 77.0
      158640008.1 24040822.1 65795140.8 42601726.6 60486491.3 44472736.9 35399802.0 52166534.8 164912116.8 370305978.7 49932870.6
Approach -- 84.1 76.4 80.7 78.0 82.4 83.7 79.8 84.5 83.1 87.7 85.0 83.7
with loading correction -- 84.7 77.0 81.3 78.4 83.1 84.3 80.2 85.1 83.6 88.0 85.8
without background   84.5 76.1 80.9 77.7 82.9 84.1 79.7 84.9 83.3 87.9 85.6
      282730680.7 41180089.2 124265470.3 59342580.6 194173178.2 255342896.8 93472706.7 305688228.4 215994204.8 623452536.6 364685946.5
Hovering -- 84.5 84.0 84.3 83.8 81.7 84.8 84.3 84.9 84.9 86.0 84.9 84.9
with loading correction -- 85.1 84.6 84.9 84.2 82.4 85.4 84.7 85.5 85.4 86.3 85.7
without background   84.9 84.5 84.7 84.0 82.1 85.2 84.5 85.3 85.2 86.2 85.5
      310929386.4 281337316.0 296722824.2 253633138.6 163709401.9 332179585.5 284319710.4 336607494.4 333238641.9 417136125.5 356055658.6
Idling -- 76.6 77.4 75.2 74.0 75.3 83.8 76.3 76.9 81.7 78.3 78.0 77.9
without background   75.6 76.6 73.8 71.8 73.7 83.6 74.9 75.3 81.3 77.3 76.9
      36158893.1 45621544.38 23780569.14 15118864.32 23413130.13 228663107.4 31176415.67 34186798.1 135608151 54118668.7 48641336.7
Hovering -- 81.1 83.1 84.3 82.1 84.8 83.4 80.0 84.3 83.5 86.3 84.4 83.7
with loading correction -- 81.7 83.1 84.3 82.1 85.0 83.8 80.2 84.4 83.6 86.3 85.0
without background   81.4 82.9 84.1 81.8 84.9 83.6 79.7 84.1 83.4 86.2 84.8
      139523420.3 194841251.5 259820937.4 152181009.7 305756480.5 229216095.5 93231318.6 258483977.2 218531430.7 413089890.0 304258765.0
Take Off -- 77.4 82.0 76.4 78.4 76.7 76.1 77.0 76.4 77.8 76.5 77.0 77.1
with loading correction -- 78.0 82.0 76.4 78.4 76.9 76.5 77.2 76.5 77.9 76.5 77.6
without background   77.3 81.7 75.4 77.7 75.9 75.3 76.1 74.7 77.0 74.9 76.4
      54041710.4 149156776.2 34319040.2 59183097.1 38506596.5 33551145.9 40999209.8 29528941.5 49827118.6 31178730.4 43541863.9
Pass By -- 73.1 74.3 73.8 71.9 75.9 73.1 73.5 75.2 74.1 75.9 74.2 72.1
with loading correction   -- 73.7 74.3 73.8 71.9 76.1 73.5 73.7 75.3 74.2 75.9 74.8
without background     71.5 72.5 71.7 67.4 74.8 70.5 70.8 72.7 71.5 74.1 72.0
      14076607.3 17582805.0 14655786.2 5488166.2 30266742.3 11218634.7 11960751.9 18829093.5 14200615.2 25414885.7 15982473.0
       
Background   Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Event 5 Event 6 Event 7 Event 8 Event 9 Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4
  -- 69.8 69.7 69.7 70 70.2 70.5 70.6 71.7 70.9 71.3 71.6 70.6
  -- 9549925.86 9332543.008 9332543.008 10000000 10471285.48 11220184.54 11481536.21 14791083.9 12302687.7 13489628.8 14454397.7