In normal operation, the agreement prohibited taking off on the north runway eastbound (via London) due to Cranford`s proximity to the eastern end of this runway; However, this track could be used in exceptional cases, for example. B when the south runway was not available for departures or in case of excessive delay at the start. On February 2, later after the NPS announcements and airspace consultation, the DfT added the news that the government had agreed to terminate the Cranford agreement. This would have been an important announcement in itself, but cleverly buried along with the other news. The Cranford Agreement was an undertaking launched some sixty years ago, according to which planes heading east would only use the southern runway, not the north runway. This protects the people of Cranford from appalling noise. The end of the deal means less noise from arrivals (if the airport is located on easterly winds – about 30% of the year) from the west – so places like Windsor, Datchet, Colnbrook and Poyle – below the northern runway of the approach – could have half as many arrivals per day (around 330 instead of 630). But areas like Old Windsor, Wraysbury and Stanwell Moor have been able to see the number of finishes on the spaces is 26 to 328 per day (on the south track). For takeoffs, areas southwest of the southern runway will see fewer aircraft, but areas northeast of the north runway will have more aircraft. It is likely that some people in the noisiest areas are able to get the isolation of Heathrow, but not much. There are also implications for the distribution of air pollution from aircraft. A condition of the building permit gives Heathrow three years to adopt the new infrastructure to implement the changes.

Ground noise is likely to occur in a part of the municipality closest to the existing airport border at Cranford. The extension of Heathrow is more than the construction of a new runway – we also need to build passenger facilities, change roads and car parks and move some of the existing airport infrastructure. Only a relatively small number of planes have been removed over the village since the end of a 60-year-old gentlemen`s agreement in 2009, but this work would have allowed about 35,000 planes a year to do so. However, an increase in annual flights above the current ceiling of 480,000 would not have allowed this. Eurocontrol data shows that activity at Heathrow has fallen by more than 85% compared to the previous year. British Airways is the main operator of the airport. Well, most importantly first, hope everyone is doing well with the coronavirus crisis..