Is Cramond loud from planes at Edinburgh Airport?

Yes — Cramond is the single most overflown residential area near Edinburgh Airport. It sits directly under the runway 24 final approach, which is the configuration in use roughly 70% of the time, so on a typical day around 80% of landings pass over Cramond homes at only a few hundred feet. There is a permanent noise monitor at Cramond Primary School. Drop a pin on the map above to see the exposure for your exact street.

Which areas near Edinburgh Airport are quietest?

Suburbs that sit lateral to the 06/24 runway axis rather than under it get the least overflight — places like Dalmeny to the north, and city-side areas such as Corstorphine that mainly catch higher departures rather than low approaches. The most consistently affected areas are Cramond on the runway 24 approach and Kirkliston, Newbridge and Ratho on the western departure and approach corridors. The map above lets you check any address.

What was the TUTUR flight path trial near Linlithgow and West Lothian?

TUTUR was a 2015 trial that turned runway 24 departures right toward the Forth over West Lothian, east of Linlithgow. It generated heavy complaints and was ended early, roughly two months ahead of schedule. The backlash helped galvanise organised opposition, including Edinburgh Airport Watch and the Edinburgh Airport Noise Advisory Board (EANAB). Linlithgow itself is largely off the current main corridor, though departures still pass at altitude to the east of the town.

How do I report aircraft noise at Edinburgh Airport?

Contact the Edinburgh Airport Noise Enquiry Line on 0800 731 3397, or submit a complaint online via the Edinburgh Airport Noise Advisory Board (EANAB) at eanab.org.uk. EANAB provides independent oversight of noise issues at the airport. Permanent noise monitors under the flight path at Cramond, Broxburn and Livingston feed into the airport's monitoring and the Noise Action Plan.

How many planes fly over my house near Edinburgh Airport?

It depends heavily on whether you are under the runway 24 approach or departure corridor and how the wind is sitting that day. Because runway 24 is in use about 70% of the time, north-east approach areas like Cramond see far more low traffic than the western departure side on any given day. Drop a pin on the map above to see the count of flights passing within 2 km of your address and how loud they typically are.

Edinburgh Flight Path Noise Map – Edinburgh Airport (EDI)

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Aircraft noise around Edinburgh in October 2026

Loudest neighborhoods near Edinburgh: Cramond, Lennymuir / Turnhouse edge, Kirkliston, Newbridge, Ratho / Ratho Station. Quietest: Livingston, Linlithgow, Dalmeny. Busiest around 11 AM local time averaging 403 flights/day. Source: Flight Path Noise monitoring data, 30 days to 2026-10-18.

Flights by hour · last 30 days

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Average daily traffic

403

flights / day · 12,099 total

Busiest hour

11 AM

peak 95 dB

Loudest hour

11 AM

peak 95 dB

Loudest residential area

Lennymuir / Turnhouse edge

73 dB avg · ~395 flights/day · Loud conversation

Immediately off the runway 24 threshold on short final and under the runway 06 initial climb, so very close-in and heavily exposed in both directions

Does Edinburgh Airport have a curfew?

No — Edinburgh has no formal curfew.

Edinburgh Airport operates 24 hours with no mandatory night curfew and no legal or voluntary cap on the number of night flights, unlike Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted. The night period is defined as 23:30–06:00 and overnight traffic is mostly mail and cargo, far lighter than the daytime schedule. The only night measure is economic — Edinburgh was the first Scottish airport to introduce higher landing and noise charges overnight to discourage movements, but this is a voluntary incentive, not an operating restriction.

Edinburgh is Scotland’s busiest airport, and unusually it funnels all of that traffic through a single 06/24 runway sitting just 8 km west of the city centre on the Forth coastal plain. Because the prevailing wind is south-westerly, runway 24 is in use roughly 70% of the time, so the dominant pattern is arrivals descending over the Firth of Forth and the Cramond edge of the city, with departures climbing out west over Kirkliston, Newbridge and into West Lothian. The airport runs 24 hours with no mandatory night curfew — only higher night-time noise charges — which is a recurring flashpoint with residents compared with the legally capped London airports. Flight-path anger here is well organised, with Edinburgh Airport Watch and the Edinburgh Airport Noise Advisory Board (EANAB) born largely out of the deeply unpopular 2015 TUTUR departure trial over West Lothian.

Which neighborhoods are quietest — and which aren’t

Edinburgh has just one active runway — 06/24, 2,558 m of asphalt, oriented roughly south-west to north-east. (A former crosswind runway, 12/30, was officially withdrawn from use on 29 March 2018 and is no longer used for flights.) With a single runway, exposure comes down to one question: are you under the approach, under the departure, or lateral to the axis?

Area	Aircraft noise	Why
Cramond	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Directly under runway 24 final; jets a few hundred feet overhead
Lennymuir / Turnhouse edge	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Off the runway 24 threshold and under runway 06 climb-out
Kirkliston	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Under runway 24 departures and runway 06 approaches
Newbridge	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Under the south-westerly departure climb-out off runway 24
Ratho / Ratho Station	✈︎✈︎✈︎	On the runway 24 departure swathe and runway 06 final
Ingliston / Gogar	✈︎✈︎	Airport-adjacent; ground noise plus low traffic, off centreline
South Queensferry	✈︎✈︎	Runway 24 departures turning out toward the Forth
Broxburn	✈︎✈︎	Wider west-bound departure dispersal; permanent noise monitor
Corstorphine	✈︎✈︎	Runway 06 easterly departures and higher overflights
Davidson’s Mains / Barnton	✈︎✈︎	Inboard of Cramond on the approach, but at greater height
Winchburgh	✈︎✈︎	Runway 24 departure tracks; the old TUTUR trial area
Livingston	✈︎	High-altitude westerly departures; permanent noise monitor
Linlithgow	✈︎	Departures at altitude east of town; off the main corridor
Dalmeny	✈︎	Lateral to the tracks; overflights higher and less frequent

If aircraft noise is your main concern, the practical move around Edinburgh is to stay lateral to the 06/24 axis rather than under either end of it. Areas like Dalmeny to the north sit off the approach and departure lines, and city-side suburbs such as Corstorphine mainly catch higher departures rather than low approaches. The genuinely exposed band is Cramond on the runway 24 approach and the western arc of Kirkliston, Newbridge and Ratho under the departure and runway 06 corridors. If you’re looking at homes there, drop a pin on the map above to see your specific street.

Flight patterns and runway use

The single runway is used in whichever direction the wind favours. Prevailing south-westerly winds mean runway 24 is the preferential and most-used direction, in use roughly 70% of the time; runway 06 takes about 30%. Preferential-runway logic keeps aircraft on 24 until the tailwind exceeds about 5 knots.

In runway 24 (westerly) operations, arrivals approach from the north-east and east, descending over the Firth of Forth and the Cramond edge of Edinburgh on final, while departures climb out to the south-west and west over Kirkliston, Newbridge, Ratho and into West Lothian. In runway 06 (easterly) operations the pattern reverses: arrivals come in from the south-west and west over West Lothian, and departures head out to the north-east over the Forth toward Fife.

Departing jets and aircraft over 5,700 kg must follow Noise Preferential Routes on the published SIDs (such as GRICE, TALLA and GOSAM), which constrain the track until 3,000 ft — 4,000 ft on the GRICE SID off runway 24. The SID swathes are wide, with dispersal up to about 1.5 km either side of the centreline, so departure noise is spread across a corridor rather than a thin line. The airport applies Continuous Descent Approach and other noise-abatement procedures and tries to keep arrival tracks clear of central Cramond where it can. Permanent noise monitors sit under the flight path at Cramond, Broxburn and Livingston.

The route-density layer on the map above shows the cumulative result: a strong band over the Forth approach into Cramond, and a broad western fan of departures over West Lothian. The 2015 TUTUR trial, which turned runway 24 departures right toward the Forth over West Lothian east of Linlithgow, generated so many complaints it was ended early.

When is it quietest?

Because there is no curfew, Edinburgh never has a guaranteed silent window the way curfew-capped airports like Heathrow or Sydney do — but the overnight period is still much lighter than the day:

Night (23:30–06:00): lightest traffic, mostly mail and cargo. Not silent, but a fraction of daytime movements. This window carries higher noise charges to discourage flights.
Early morning (06:00–08:00): the departure bank builds quickly as the first wave of domestic and short-haul services pushes back.
Daytime (08:00–18:00): sustained, busy traffic — the dominant noise period for residents under the approach and departure corridors.
Evening (18:00–22:00): a second peak as arrivals stack up and the last departures of the day clear out.
Late evening (22:00–23:30): tapers off toward the lighter night period.

The bigger variable here is wind direction, not time of day. A shift that swings the airport from runway 24 to runway 06 (or back) moves the low-approach noise from Cramond and the Forth side over to the West Lothian side within a single afternoon. If you’re under one of the corridors, the quietest stretch is genuinely overnight; if you’re lateral to the axis, your exposure depends mostly on which runway direction is active that day.

How to check noise at your specific address

The map above is the answer to “is this spot loud?” Three steps:

Search your address or postcode in the bar at the bottom of the map.
Drop a pin — click the location marker that appears.
Read the noise report in the sidebar: average daily noise (Leq), peak observed dB, flights per day passing within 2 km, and an hourly breakdown.

The Noise Heatmap layer (orange/red = louder) and the Route Density layer (purple/magenta = busier corridors) make the single-runway pattern obvious: a concentrated approach line over Cramond and the Forth, and a wide departure fan to the west over West Lothian. Most addresses that sit lateral to the 06/24 axis will land in the quieter zone for daytime noise, while the band running north-east to south-west through Cramond, Kirkliston, Newbridge and Ratho is the most consistently affected. Because Edinburgh has no curfew, remember to check the overnight figures too — they are lighter than the day but not zero.

Frequently asked questions

Is Cramond loud from planes at Edinburgh Airport?: Yes — Cramond is the single most overflown residential area near Edinburgh Airport. It sits directly under the runway 24 final approach, which is the configuration in use roughly 70% of the time, so on a typical day around 80% of landings pass over Cramond homes at only a few hundred feet. There is a permanent noise monitor at Cramond Primary School. Drop a pin on the map above to see the exposure for your exact street.
Which areas near Edinburgh Airport are quietest?: Suburbs that sit lateral to the 06/24 runway axis rather than under it get the least overflight — places like Dalmeny to the north, and city-side areas such as Corstorphine that mainly catch higher departures rather than low approaches. The most consistently affected areas are Cramond on the runway 24 approach and Kirkliston, Newbridge and Ratho on the western departure and approach corridors. The map above lets you check any address.
What is the difference between runway 24 and runway 06 operations?: Edinburgh has one active runway, 06/24, and uses it in either direction depending on wind. With the prevailing south-westerly wind, runway 24 is preferred and in use about 70% of the time — arrivals descend from the north-east over the Firth of Forth and Cramond, while departures climb out to the south-west and west over Kirkliston, Newbridge, Ratho and into West Lothian. When the wind backs round, runway 06 takes over (about 30% of the time) and the pattern reverses, with arrivals coming in from the west over West Lothian and departures heading north-east over the Forth toward Fife.
Why do planes fly over Kirkliston and Newbridge?: Kirkliston and Newbridge sit on the west side of the airport, under the runway 24 departure climb-out and the runway 06 approach corridor, so they catch traffic in both runway configurations. Departing jets over 5,700 kg must follow Noise Preferential Routes on the published SIDs (such as GRICE, TALLA and GOSAM), but these swathes are wide — dispersal can reach about 1.5 km either side of the centreline — so overflight is spread across the area rather than a single thin line.
What was the TUTUR flight path trial near Linlithgow and West Lothian?: TUTUR was a 2015 trial that turned runway 24 departures right toward the Forth over West Lothian, east of Linlithgow. It generated heavy complaints and was ended early, roughly two months ahead of schedule. The backlash helped galvanise organised opposition, including Edinburgh Airport Watch and the Edinburgh Airport Noise Advisory Board (EANAB). Linlithgow itself is largely off the current main corridor, though departures still pass at altitude to the east of the town.
How do I report aircraft noise at Edinburgh Airport?: Contact the Edinburgh Airport Noise Enquiry Line on 0800 731 3397, or submit a complaint online via the Edinburgh Airport Noise Advisory Board (EANAB) at eanab.org.uk. EANAB provides independent oversight of noise issues at the airport. Permanent noise monitors under the flight path at Cramond, Broxburn and Livingston feed into the airport's monitoring and the Noise Action Plan.
How many planes fly over my house near Edinburgh Airport?: It depends heavily on whether you are under the runway 24 approach or departure corridor and how the wind is sitting that day. Because runway 24 is in use about 70% of the time, north-east approach areas like Cramond see far more low traffic than the western departure side on any given day. Drop a pin on the map above to see the count of flights passing within 2 km of your address and how loud they typically are.

Sources and further reading

Edinburgh Airport — Wikipedia — Wikipedia
Noise Complaints — Edinburgh Airport Noise Advisory Board (EANAB)
Noise Action Plan and FAQs — Edinburgh Airport
Flight Path Usage — Noise Lab — Edinburgh Airport (Casper Noise Lab)
Edinburgh Airport runways — OurAirports
Edinburgh TUTUR flight path trial ended 2 months early — AirportWatch

Data updated 2026-10-18 — live ADS-B monitoring, rolling 30-day statistics (methodology). Article text revised 2026-05-30.

30 dB	Whisper
45 dB	Quiet residential
55 dB	Normal conversation
65 dB	Busy road
75 dB	Vacuum cleaner
85 dB	Heavy traffic
95 dB	Motorcycle nearby

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