Night flights restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports beyond 2024, plus national night flight policy

Consultation seeking views and evidence on:

• revising our night flight dispensation guidance, allowing airport operators and the Secretary of State for Transport to disregard movements from the existing restrictions in certain circumstances
• the night flight restrictions at the designated airports beyond 2024 including:
  • structure of the government’s night noise quota count system
  • length of the future regime
  • future movement and noise quota allowances
• our national night flight policy, including on the health impacts of aviation noise at night and the economic value of night flights plus the emergence of new technology

These views were originally sought as part of the Night flight restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports between 2022 and 2024 plus future night flight policy consultation of December 2020. The deadline for responses on these points is being extended within this consultation.