Originally Posted by
Mr Mac
I think there are still a few early morning arrivals / departures and indeed I was a woken by one a few weeks ago at home at 02.30 approximately.
Living directly under the 23R approach some 3 miles out I can assure folk after midnight hours for arrivals is still very much a thing - tonight for instance there are 40 arrivals between midnight and 3am - not insignificant and to put in perspective that is nearly as many arrivals between 0000 and 0300 at MAN than LPL gets in a whole 24 hour period. That probably makes MAN the busiest airport in the UK along with LGW during those hours ( LGW has 34 arrivals 0000-0300 tonight ).