Western Sydney Airport opens with no curfew. We counted the addresses under its night noise
We checked every NSW street address against the government's own noise contours for Western Sydney International. By 2033, between about 5,100 and 18,000 addresses hear two or more aircraft louder than 60 decibels on an average night, depending on whether the quieter night runway mode is preferred; by 2040 the upper figure is 30,700 and by 2055 44,900. With no runway preference, St Marys has 6,184 addresses in the 2033 contour, six in ten of the suburb; where the quiet mode is preferred, none. A separate planning contour already binds development across 3,667 addresses in eleven localities.
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