The whole "it's noisy, so let's put it at Lossie" argument was flawed, IMHO. Those who have ever lived or stayed in Lossie town (actually quite a large place) will know that it is badly affected by noise from the airfield, particularly when Rwy 23 is in use. The circuit patterns are all modified to account for local avoidances, including Gordonstoun School; the Rwy 05 circuit is best described as a nav-ex. F-35B would have been even louder than a Tornado, particularly when conducting STOVL ops.
Marham, by contrast, is comparatively isolated, as befits all the 'el Adem with grass' banter from the old folk. The actual Marham village is dislocated from the airfield by a mile or so, away from the circuit direction. There are a couple of villages just outside the circuit to the SE, and there's Fincham on the 06 approach, but much further away from the threshold than Lossie town is from the runway there. I think the noise impact will be a lot less than it would be at Lossie.
What the aircraft do once up-and-away is going to be pretty irrelevant in noise terms; the notion of 'exporting the noise quickly to the sea' assumes that the aircraft will be at low altitude which, generally speaking, they won't be.
Last edited by Easy Street; 28th Mar 2013 at 23:56.