Originally Posted by
Skipness One Echo
Anyone living North of LCY get's a fair amount of noise as reduced power departures are rare off that runway.
This one will be a bit of a mystery to the more aviation-minded board members here, concern for those living north of LCY when the runway is 09/27 .....
Still it's only Stratford, who cares?
The only traffic which transits Stratford is departures from 27 which reach 3,000 feet by Canning Town (or if an E190, likely by overhead Excel), throttle back to maintain this altitude under the Heathrow inbounds, and make a 180 to the right, just easing along.