A public consultation on plans to modernise Scotland’s airspace, including changes around Glasgow Airport in Renfrewshire, has now closed.
The 14-week consultation, which ran from November 2025 until 25th January 2026, asked communities and industry groups for their views on proposed changes to flight paths and airspace design. More than 2,500 responses were submitted from across the UK.
Glasgow Airport, which is based in Paisley, confirmed the proposals include new arrival and departure routes below 7,000 feet, as well as wider changes to airspace above that level. These changes could affect aircraft noise and flight patterns over parts of Renfrewshire.
More than 1,500 people attended in-person events or online information sessions during the consultation period. These sessions included interactive maps showing potential noise impacts and sound demonstrations of what aircraft could be heard like at specific locations if the plans go ahead.
All feedback will now be reviewed and grouped to identify issues that could influence the final designs. A Consultation Response Document will be produced, setting out what was heard during the consultation and how it will shape the next stage of the proposals.
Following this, the plans will be reviewed by the Civil Aviation Authority before being refined further.
Gavin Birch-Williams, managing director of Glasgow Airport, said communities and stakeholders had played an important role in the process and that all feedback would be used to inform what happens next.
Lee Boulton, head of operations development at NATS, said the level of engagement had been encouraging and that the proposed changes aim to make Scotland’s skies quieter and cleaner over time.
The airspace modernisation programme is part of a wider UK strategy intended to improve safety, reduce carbon emissions and make air travel more efficient.
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