Originally Posted by
David_Doyle
Just worked out - I live 15.25 miles away from Heathrow. I'm regularly awoken in summer by the 4:30am heavies coming in from Asia etc, together with aircraft for half the day coming over. It is still a considerable noise I can assure you. I do not regard myself as living 'near an airport' yet the effects are well felt.
It must have been terrible for you when they decided to build LHR 15 miles from where you live