Plans for Badgerys Creek Airport flights to converge at a single point over the Blue Mountains will be scrapped, the Federal Government has revealed.

Key points: Plan for 'point merge' flights at Badgerys Creek dropped after community feedback

Plan for 'point merge' flights at Badgerys Creek dropped after community feedback Minister says flight paths will be allocated more fairly

Minister says flight paths will be allocated more fairly Blue Mountains Council says EIS needs to address noise concerns and World Heritage status

A draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) from last year included a "point merge" over Blaxland in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, sparking community concerns over noise and pollution.

The EIS stated a point merge system is used internationally in Oslo, Dublin, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur and Hannover airports and could result in fuel efficiencies.

But Minister for Major Projects Paul Fletcher said the Government had listened to community feedback, and will drop the converged flight system from final plans.

"We've received community feedback that the flight paths should be spread more fairly and shared across the communities around Western Sydney Airport," he said.

"There is no technical reason that it be done that way and we've directed that it not be done that way.

"Instead, the flight paths will be allocated to minimise the individual impact on any one point."

He said the change showed the Government is addressing community concerns over the airport's environmental impact and noise levels.

Council remains opposed to airport despite changes

But Blue Mountains Mayor Mark Greenhill said the announcement is not a win for the community, and he remains opposed to the airport.

"My view and the view of the council remains the same — no airport at Badgerys Creek," he said.

"There will still be planes flying over the Blue Mountains — in particular the lower Blue Mountains — 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at very low altitudes."

Cr Greenhill said the EIS is "sub-standard" and needs to address noise reduction and the World Heritage status of the region.

Opposition infrastructure spokesman Anthony Albanese said the Government is just "playing catch-up" after Labor's proposals to implement a night-time "no-fly zone" last month.

"This of course is weeks after Labor announced that we will have best practice which includes noise-sharing," he said.

"The idea that you would concentrate noise over areas from any airport around Australia is quite frankly absurd."

Mr Albanese said he raised his concerns last year that a concentration of flight paths would have negative ramifications, and that the point merge system should never have been on the table.

However, Mr Fletcher today dismissed Labor's proposals as "hastily cobbled together", adding that they remain unsafe according civil aviation rules that say tail winds from aircrafts flying in a single direction above certain speeds can be dangerous.

Mr Fletcher said a "careful, thorough and methodical" flight path planning process is underway, with a final Environmental Impact Statement to be released later this year.

It would then go through Environment Minister Greg Hunt for approval.