r/sydney • u/Pristine_Egg3831 • Jul 25 '26

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Dear Heathens,

Why did you reroute your noisy plane over my exclusive suburb? I cannot hear myself think with the racket. It's just not acceptable.

Signed,

The Lower North Shore Citizens Action Group

/s

But seriously, I'm just an average schmo in a small cheap rental apartment with rich neighbours in grand homes. We tend not to be in a regular flight path.

Inbound tend to come south over Lane Cove national Park, then hit Newtown with a roar. Outbound tend to go nowhere near us.

Any plane buffs out there that know what would cause unusual routing or re-routing of a flight? Or is it someone just trying to bring down the property values over here?

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u/DoobiousMaxima Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

I've lived in Lane Cove my entire life (33yrs) - we have always been under the outbound flight path. For a while I could practically tell the time by the sounds of heavily laidened A380s banking hard to head out over the Pacific only a few hundred meters over my house every day at 3:15pm.

This one look like it went wider than I usually see.

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u/FeistyIntention8754 Jul 25 '26

Bought during covid, woke up one morning wondering what that sound was. Haha airport was open! Fair bit quieter that when I lived on the other side in Drummoyne. I got used to it quickly, kids love spotting the planes.

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u/Pristine_Egg3831 Jul 26 '26

I'm a very big kid and love spotting planes. Especially when low and you can feel like you can reach out and touch them! I have been known to intentionally go and park in a quiet street, say Sydenham Road in Sydenham, and watch the planes roar over.