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Health 

Noise raises your blood pressure!  Aircraft noise can raise your blood pressure while you’re asleep.  Dr Lars Jarup (Imperial College London), says people who live near airports are likely to have a greater risk of health problems.                 

European Heart Journal 2008 29(5):658-664
http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/ehn013v1?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=jarup&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT

Aviation links

Airservices Australia is a government-owned corporation providing air traffic control management and related air services to the aviation industry.  The Long Term Operating Plan (LTOP) summary outlining the modes of operation for Sydney Airport is available from this site.
http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/publications/reports-and-statistics/sydney-airport-and-associated-airspace-ltop/

Airservices Australia monitors aircraft noise and publishes related statistics for aircraft noise under the flight paths surrounding all key Australian airports.  Noise tables are provided for each of the flight path monitoring stations and aircraft types.  See how the "quiet" A380 is still the second noisest plane to fly into Sydney Airport.

Select the Sydney Airport noise reports on http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/publications/reports-and-statistics/sydney-airport-operational-statistics/

Sydney Airport latest Master Plan (2014) for Sydney Airport operations up to 2033 has been approved after public consultation with public submissions raising objections to the plan.  The key elements of this plan is to merge domestic and international operations into each terminal building and build additional terminal gates sighting operational efficiency and increased flights and passengers as the reason. 

 https://www.sydneyairport.com.au/corporate/master-plan.aspx