Western Sydney airport flight paths reveal suburbs to face vacuum-level noise 100 times a day by 2040

Modelling along planned flight paths suggest zones will be subject to noise pollution in excess of 70db, or washing machine-level

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A 20km stretch of land surrounding the future western Sydney airport will be subjected to noise levels similar to or louder than a washing machine or vacuum cleaner more than 100 times a day by 2040, preliminary flight path analysis shows.

Proposed flight paths released on Tuesday have been designed to avoid areas either currently or projected to be densely populated in coming decades, ahead of the airport beginning operations in late 2026.

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