Noise pollution from combat helicopters: Bundeswehr starts night flights!

Noise pollution from combat helicopters: Bundeswehr starts night flights!

In the coming nights, the Bundeswehr carries out extensive night flights with Tiger type helicopter. These exercises will take place in several federal states, including Hesse, Thuringia, North Rhine-Westphalia and southern Lower Saxony. The flights are planned at a height of less than 30 meters, which can lead to a remarkable noise pollution in the affected regions. The operations are scheduled for the period from February 5th to 6th, 2025, with four helicopters in each night. According to Wa.de Comrades.

The planned practice areas are widely distributed and contain places such as Göttingen in Lower Saxony, Mühlhausen in Thuringia, as well as Warburg in North Rhine-Westphalia and several locations in Hesse, including Alsfeld, Marburg, Allendorf an der Eder, Korbach and Bad Hersfeld. However, a precise limitation of the flight areas is only roughly possible and the practice area is changed regularly, such as Welt.de This serves the goal of minimizing disorders for residents.

planned exercises and flights

• Lower Saxony: Göttingen
• Thuringia: Mühlhausen (Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis)
• North Rhine-Westphalia: Warburg (Höxter district)
• Hessen: Alsfeld, Marburg, Allendorf an der Eder, Korbach, Bad Hersfeld

Another aspect of the exercises concerns the possibly increased noise pollution that residents will be exposed to during the low flights. These nightly flights have already been discussed by various media in the past. t-online reports that the exercises in the 6th calendar week from Monday to Thursday take place and recommend Residents to contact the free phone number 0800 - 8620730 for questions or complaints.

The fight helicopter regiment 36, which is home to Fritzlar, Hesse, belongs to the division of fast strength, takes part in these exercises. This division comprises around 18,000 soldiers from Germany and the Netherlands and is crucial for the support of various troops from the air. These nights thus mark an important phase for the Bundeswehr, which not only serves the willingness to operate, but also the training and integration of new members in the military.