Originally Posted by
Bellerophon
Remember that we had two take-off calculations to consider. Firstly, could Concorde get airborne from that runway under the prevailing conditions? Secondly - and this was usually the limiting factor at JFK - could the aircraft then stay with the noise limits at that take-off weight and under those ambient conditions of wind and temperature?
Bellerophon, Could you expand on the second point?
Was it an issue of not reaching a sufficient altitude at the noise monitoring locations?