Demand for curbs on airport's night flights
The document was created on 10 Downing Street's e-petition website by Steve Charlish, the chairman of campaign group Demand East Midlands Airport is Now Designated.
It was drawn up in March after statistics revealed the airport, at Castle Donington, has more night-time flights than London's Gatwick and Heathrow airports combined.
At Heathrow, there were 6,238 flights between 11.30pm and 6am in 2007, while at Gatwick, there were 12,909.
Mr Charlish said the night flights were keeping people awake and damaging their health by causing stress.
He wants East Midlands Airport to be designated in the same way as the London airports, Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, which have their night flights restricted by Government regulations.
During 2007, there were more than 19,888 flights from East Midlands between 11pm and 7am.
On the 10 Downing Street website, Mr Charlish says: "We ask that the Secretary of State applies controls, designated under section 78 of the 1982 Civil Aviation Act, that the airport limits the excessive environmental noise blight from the unrestricted night flying permitted at the airport."
The petition will close on March 25 and will then be delivered to the Prime Minister.
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