Consultation outcome

Night flight restrictions: Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports from October 2025

From:: Department for Transport
Published: 22 February 2024
Last updated: 17 December 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Decision: night flight restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted from October 2025

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Detail of outcome

After considering all responses, evidence and views supplied to us, we will proceed with a bridging night-flight regime – as proposed in the consultation.

This regime will apply to all 3 noise-designated airports (Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted) and maintain existing movement and quota count limits. It will run from October 2025 to October 2028.

See the outcome decision document for more information, including a summary of the consultation responses.

Original consultation

Consultation description

Sets out the proposals for the next night flight regime. The current regime is due to expire in October 2025.

The consultation will affect those who live in the vicinity of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports. It will:

confirm a decision on a night-time noise abatement objective for the 3 designated airports (following a consultation we carried out between 27 March to 9 May 2023)
present proposals for the next night flight regime which will commence in October 2025
provide a government response to questions asked in the previous night flight regime consultation

We have also published the updated night flight dispensation guidance.

A zip file of the consultation annexes are available to download.

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