Why do planes fly so low over western Toulouse (Ancely, Saint-Martin-du-Touch, Purpan)?

Toulouse-Blagnac's two parallel runways run north-west to south-east, and the airport sits only ~7 km from the city centre — so the south-east end of the runway axis points straight at western Toulouse. In the most common light-wind configuration, arrivals descend over Saint-Simon, Lardenne, Purpan, Ancely and Saint-Martin-du-Touch on final approach to the 32 runways; in south-easterly (autan) winds the flow reverses and departures climb out over the same districts. Drop a pin on the map above to see the exact count for your street.

Do Airbus test flights add to the noise at Toulouse-Blagnac?

Yes — Toulouse-Blagnac is Airbus's home field, and the western runway (14R/32L, 3,503 m) is largely given over to test and delivery flights from the neighbouring Airbus and ATR final-assembly lines. These add a category of movements most airports never produce, including heavy widebodies on non-standard profiles, though they operate in daytime rather than at night.

Which areas near Toulouse airport are quietest?

The quietest nearby options sit off the runway axis — Tournefeuille to the south-south-west and Mondonville beyond Cornebarrieu see far less traffic, and much of eastern and southern Toulouse proper is essentially clear. The loudest places are on the axis: Ancely, Saint-Martin-du-Touch and Purpan to the south-east, and Beauzelle and Cornebarrieu at the north-west end. Use the pin-drop tool above to compare specific addresses.

Which runway direction does Toulouse-Blagnac use?

Wind decides. In light winds the 32 configuration (facing north-west) is generally favoured — arrivals over western Toulouse, departures over Beauzelle and Aussonne. When the autan blows from the south-east, operations flip to the 14 configuration, with finals over Aussonne and Cornebarrieu and climb-outs over the city. Overnight (midnight–6 AM) a calm-wind preferential scheme lands on 14 and departs on 32 so that both flows stay off the Toulouse side.

Are planes allowed to fly over Purpan hospital?

Published noise-abatement procedures restrict overflight of the Purpan hospital site, but it is not an absolute guarantee — the resident group 'Pas d'avions à l'hôpital Purpan' has documented departures passing over the hospital at high noise levels during autan (south-east wind, 14 configuration) conditions. Treat it as a procedure that holds in the dominant configuration rather than a permanent ban.

How do I complain about aircraft noise in Toulouse?

Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac's environment service runs a single complaints window with DSAC Sud, and you can view flight tracks and file a complaint through its Sentinelle/NoiseLab platform at tls.noiselab.casper.aero. Resident collective CCNAAT also aggregates complaints and lobbied for the 2027 night restrictions.

How many people are affected by Toulouse-Blagnac noise?

Resident groups estimate roughly 100,000 people in the Toulouse agglomeration live within the airport's noise footprint — an unusually high figure for a city of this size, driven by the airport being just ~7 km from the centre with both runway ends pointing at homes. The heatmap above shows where that footprint actually falls, street by street.

Toulouse Flight Path Noise Map – Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)

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Aircraft noise around Toulouse in October 2026

Loudest neighborhoods near Toulouse: Blagnac, Ancely (Toulouse), Saint-Martin-du-Touch (Toulouse), Purpan–Casselardit (Toulouse), Beauzelle. Quietest: Mondonville, Tournefeuille, Saint-Simon (Toulouse). Busiest around 10 AM local time averaging 316 flights/day. Source: Flight Path Noise monitoring data, 30 days to 2026-10-19.

Flights by hour · last 30 days

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Average daily traffic

316

flights / day · 9,469 total

Busiest hour

10 AM

peak 95 dB

Loudest hour

10 AM

peak 95 dB

Loudest residential area

Saint-Martin-du-Touch (Toulouse)

70 dB avg · ~217 flights/day · Loud conversation

Under the south-east runway axis at very low altitude — arrivals on 32 and departures off 14 pass overhead

Does Toulouse Airport have a curfew?

Partial today — but a night curfew arrives 1 January 2027: no scheduled takeoffs 11 PM – 6 AM, no scheduled landings 11:30 PM – 6 AM.

Toulouse-Blagnac’s current night regime is a set of partial restrictions rather than a curfew. The noisiest “marginally compliant” jets are banned on a tiered schedule — aircraft with a cumulative acoustic margin under 10 EPNdB may not operate 10 PM to midnight, and those under 13 EPNdB are banned midnight to 6 AM — engine run-up tests are prohibited 10 PM – 6 AM, departures fly NADP1 noise-abatement climbs, and overnight (midnight to 6 AM) a calm-wind preferential configuration lands aircraft on runway 14 and departs them on runway 32, keeping both flows off the city side. The big change is already signed: an interministerial arrêté published on 30 June 2026 prohibits scheduling commercial takeoffs 11 PM – 6 AM and landings 11:30 PM – 6 AM from 1 January 2027, removing roughly 738 scheduled night movements a year. It is a scheduling ban, not an absolute one — genuinely delayed flights can still operate — and the overnight Chronopost cargo arrival keeps a temporary exemption until the end of 2028, with a night-traffic monitoring committee overseeing compliance.

Toulouse-Blagnac (TLS/LFBO) sits unusually close to the city it serves — barely 7 km north-west of central Toulouse — so both ends of its two parallel 14/32 runways point at homes. The south-east approach axis runs straight over western Toulouse districts like Ancely, Saint-Martin-du-Touch and Purpan, while the north-west end covers Beauzelle, Cornebarrieu and Aussonne. It is also Airbus’s home field — runway 14R/32L is largely given over to test and delivery flights from the neighbouring final-assembly lines, a category of noise most airports never produce. After years of pressure from resident groups such as the CCNAAT, an interministerial arrêté published on 30 June 2026 will bar scheduled commercial movements at night from 1 January 2027 — a hard-won partial couvre-feu rather than a total curfew, since delayed flights can still operate. Until then, nights rest on a tiered ban on the noisiest aircraft, engine-test limits and noise-abatement procedures.

Which neighborhoods are quietest — and which aren’t

The two parallel runways run north-west to south-east (headings roughly 143°/323°). The western runway 14R/32L (3,503 m) mainly handles Airbus and ATR test and delivery flights; the eastern 14L/32R (3,025 m) carries most commercial traffic. Because the runways are so close to the city, exposure is decided almost entirely by whether you sit on or off that single axis.

Area	Aircraft noise	Why
Blagnac	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Wraps the eastern boundary; ground noise plus both runway ends
Ancely	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Almost directly under the 32 final-approach axis
Saint-Martin-du-Touch	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Under the SE axis at very low altitude, both configurations
Purpan–Casselardit	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Under the SE approach corridor into the 32 runways
Beauzelle	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Under 32 climb-outs and 14 finals at the NW end
Cornebarrieu	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Directly under finals in the 14 configuration
Aussonne	✈︎✈︎	Extended NW corridor at moderate altitude
Seilh	✈︎✈︎	Near the NW departure tracks along the Garonne
Sept Deniers	✈︎✈︎	Just east of the SE approach axis; sideline noise
Colomiers	✈︎✈︎	Adjacent but off-axis; Airbus site activity
Lardenne	✈︎✈︎	Slightly west of the SE axis; offset tracks
Mondonville	✈︎	Beyond Cornebarrieu; aircraft noticeably higher
Tournefeuille	✈︎	West of the main corridors
Saint-Simon	✈︎	Further out on the SE axis; several hundred metres up

The practical rule in Toulouse is simple: the noise is a narrow, intense band along the runway alignment. Move a couple of kilometres perpendicular to it — towards Tournefeuille in the south-west or into eastern Toulouse across the Garonne — and overflight drops away quickly. Resident groups estimate around 100,000 people in the agglomeration live inside the noise footprint, which is why the CCNAAT collective has fought a decade-long campaign that finally produced the 2027 night restrictions. If you’re weighing up an address in Ancely, Saint-Martin-du-Touch, Beauzelle or Cornebarrieu, drop a pin on the map above to see the street-level picture.

Flight patterns and runway use

Wind sets the direction. In light winds the 32 configuration (operating towards the north-west) is generally favoured for environmental reasons: arrivals descend from the south-east along an axis crossing Saint-Simon, Lardenne, Purpan, Ancely and Saint-Martin-du-Touch, while departures climb out north-west over Beauzelle, Aussonne and Seilh. When the autan — the region’s notorious south-easterly — blows, operations flip to the 14 configuration: finals come in over Aussonne and Cornebarrieu, and departures climb over western Toulouse instead.

At night the rules tighten. Between midnight and 6 AM, a calm-wind preferential configuration applies: arrivals land on runway 14 (approaching from the north-west, away from the city) and departures take off on runway 32 (climbing north-west), so both flows stay off the Toulouse side whenever winds allow. Departures from the 32 runways fly ICAO NADP1 noise-abatement climbs, approaches must be flown at or above the ILS glide path, low circling approaches are prohibited, and engine run-up tests are banned 10 PM – 6 AM. Published procedures also restrict overflight of the Purpan hospital site — though residents have documented departures over the hospital in autan conditions, so it works as a dominant-configuration rule rather than an absolute one.

The Airbus factor is what makes TLS unlike any comparable regional airport. The final-assembly lines for Airbus and ATR sit on the airfield, and 14R/32L exists largely to serve them: first flights, test sorties and customer-delivery departures, including heavy widebodies flying non-standard profiles. These movements are daytime-only, but they add heavy-aircraft noise on days when the commercial schedule alone wouldn’t produce it. The route-density layer on the map above shows the result — one bright, tightly packed corridor along the runway axis in both directions, with comparatively little fanning until aircraft are well clear of the built-up area.

When is it quietest?

Midnight – 6 AM (today): traffic is thin but not zero. The tiered marginal-aircraft ban (cumulative margin under 10 EPNdB banned 10 PM – midnight; under 13 EPNdB banned midnight – 6 AM) keeps out the noisiest jets, and the preferential night configuration keeps calm-wind movements off the city side — but scheduled arrivals, the overnight Chronopost freighter and late-running departures still operate.
From 1 January 2027: the arrêté published 30 June 2026 bans scheduling takeoffs 11 PM – 6 AM and landings 11:30 PM – 6 AM, removing roughly 738 scheduled night movements a year. Delayed flights may still operate, and the Chronopost cargo arrival is exempt until end-2028, so nights get much quieter without going fully silent.
6 AM – 8 AM: the morning departure bank — the sharpest noise onset of the day for Beauzelle and Cornebarrieu (32 departures) or western Toulouse (14 departures, autan days).
Daytime: sustained commercial flow plus Airbus/ATR test and delivery activity, heaviest mid-morning and late afternoon.
9 PM – 11 PM: evening arrivals taper; from 2027 airlines will be racing this window rather than scheduling past it.

Wind matters as much as the clock: an autan day transfers the departure burden from the north-west communes onto Ancely, Purpan and Saint-Martin-du-Touch within a single afternoon. The hourly profile in the pin-drop report above shows which pattern dominates at your address.

How to check noise at your specific address

The map above answers “is this street loud?” in 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 within 2 km, and an hourly breakdown.

The Noise Heatmap layer (orange/red = louder) and Route Density layer (purple/magenta = busier corridors) make the single-axis pattern obvious — a narrow band from Saint-Simon through Purpan and Ancely to the field, continuing over Beauzelle towards Aussonne and Mondonville. Addresses even 2–3 km off that line usually land in the green zone. For complaints and official track data, the airport’s environment service runs the Sentinelle/NoiseLab platform as a single window with DSAC Sud.

Frequently asked questions

Why do planes fly so low over western Toulouse (Ancely, Saint-Martin-du-Touch, Purpan)?: Toulouse-Blagnac's two parallel runways run north-west to south-east, and the airport sits only ~7 km from the city centre — so the south-east end of the runway axis points straight at western Toulouse. In the most common light-wind configuration, arrivals descend over Saint-Simon, Lardenne, Purpan, Ancely and Saint-Martin-du-Touch on final approach to the 32 runways; in south-easterly (autan) winds the flow reverses and departures climb out over the same districts. Drop a pin on the map above to see the exact count for your street.
Do Airbus test flights add to the noise at Toulouse-Blagnac?: Yes — Toulouse-Blagnac is Airbus's home field, and the western runway (14R/32L, 3,503 m) is largely given over to test and delivery flights from the neighbouring Airbus and ATR final-assembly lines. These add a category of movements most airports never produce, including heavy widebodies on non-standard profiles, though they operate in daytime rather than at night.
Which areas near Toulouse airport are quietest?: The quietest nearby options sit off the runway axis — Tournefeuille to the south-south-west and Mondonville beyond Cornebarrieu see far less traffic, and much of eastern and southern Toulouse proper is essentially clear. The loudest places are on the axis: Ancely, Saint-Martin-du-Touch and Purpan to the south-east, and Beauzelle and Cornebarrieu at the north-west end. Use the pin-drop tool above to compare specific addresses.
Which runway direction does Toulouse-Blagnac use?: Wind decides. In light winds the 32 configuration (facing north-west) is generally favoured — arrivals over western Toulouse, departures over Beauzelle and Aussonne. When the autan blows from the south-east, operations flip to the 14 configuration, with finals over Aussonne and Cornebarrieu and climb-outs over the city. Overnight (midnight–6 AM) a calm-wind preferential scheme lands on 14 and departs on 32 so that both flows stay off the Toulouse side.
Are planes allowed to fly over Purpan hospital?: Published noise-abatement procedures restrict overflight of the Purpan hospital site, but it is not an absolute guarantee — the resident group 'Pas d'avions à l'hôpital Purpan' has documented departures passing over the hospital at high noise levels during autan (south-east wind, 14 configuration) conditions. Treat it as a procedure that holds in the dominant configuration rather than a permanent ban.
How do I complain about aircraft noise in Toulouse?: Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac's environment service runs a single complaints window with DSAC Sud, and you can view flight tracks and file a complaint through its Sentinelle/NoiseLab platform at tls.noiselab.casper.aero. Resident collective CCNAAT also aggregates complaints and lobbied for the 2027 night restrictions.
How many people are affected by Toulouse-Blagnac noise?: Resident groups estimate roughly 100,000 people in the Toulouse agglomeration live within the airport's noise footprint — an unusually high figure for a city of this size, driven by the airport being just ~7 km from the centre with both runway ends pointing at homes. The heatmap above shows where that footprint actually falls, street by street.

Sources and further reading

Toulouse–Blagnac Airport — Wikipedia
LFBO / Toulouse-Blagnac / TLS — operating restrictions — Ministère de la Transition écologique / DGAC
Les vols de nuit d'avions interdits entre 23h et 6h à Toulouse — France 3 Occitanie
Aéroport de Toulouse-Blagnac — l'arrêté pour stopper les vols de nuit publié — France Bleu / ICI
Bruits et trajectoires — riverains — Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac
Collectif Contre les Nuisances Aériennes de l'Agglomération Toulousaine — CCNAAT

Data updated 2026-10-19 — live ADS-B monitoring, rolling 30-day statistics (methodology). Article text revised 2026-07-17.

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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