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Noise disturbance to be expected during the day and at night

In the period from 10 to 13 October 2013, calibration flights will be conducted at Frankfurt Airport.

Both landing directions (easterly and westerly weather patterns) of runway northwest will be inspected. A twin-turboprop Beechcraft King Air 350 is being used as the calibration aircraft. During this time, noise disturbance is to be expected both during day and nighttime hours.
If it is impossible to conduct the calibration flights during the planned period, for example due to bad weather, they will be postponed to the period from 17 to 20 October 2013.

Despite the night curfew at Frankfurt Airport, technical flight checks such as calibration flights may also be conducted at night as they would have an immense impact on regular air traffic during the day.
The calibration of technical facilities is indispensable for the safety of air traffic. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused by such flights.

DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH, the German air navigation service provider, is a State-owned company under private law and has 6,000 employees. DFS ensures the safe and punctual flow of air traffic over Germany. Staff coordinate up to 10,000 aircraft movements in German airspace every day, and about three million movements every year. This makes Germany the country with the highest traffic volume in Europe. DFS operates control centres in Langen, Bremen, Karlsruhe and Munich. In addition, DFS is represented in the Eurocontrol Centre in Maastricht, the Netherlands, and in the control towers of the 16 international German airports. DFS provides training and consultancy services around the world and develops and sells air traffic management systems. The company's portfolio also comprises flight-relevant data, aeronautical publications and aeronautical information services. DFS has the following business units: Control Centre, Tower, Aeronautical Solutions and Aeronautical Information Management.