How aircraft nuisances can be reduced
Aircraft nuisances can be reduced in many ways. Here we list a number of ways. We invite everybody to come with new, better and additional ways. There is only one condition: the method must be put into practice or in progress. Therefore we ask for a practical example. Or it must be a very promising brand new idea…
We distinguish various actors that can stimulate the reduction: European rules (E), governments (G), the aviation sector (A), air traffic control (T), scientific institutes (S), industry (I) and of course pressure of residents (R).
The measures are presented in alphabetical order. The links are examples.
| Measures | Applied at | Clarification | Actors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Better spatial planning | Where's no housing shortage | There are too many examples of building under flight paths... Protests can help. | R |
| Caps | Schiphol | A cap of 500,000 flight movements a year up to 2021, including max. 29,000 night flights. | A, G, M, R |
| Compensate communities | Schiphol Zwanenburg | Compensate communities with social services and green. | A, G |
| Flying CDA's | Not to busy airports | Continious Descent Approach causes a smoother flight path and less noise. | T |
| Help for moving house | ... | When people are really getting mad, it is better to have them move. Financial help helps. | G, M |
| Insulate homes | Schiphol | There are funds for insulating homes. | A, G |
| Live information | Schiphol (6 runways) | Live information about runway use can help people adapt there plans. | A, T |
| Measuring & maintain | Tel Aviv | Measure aircraft noise, and maintain where levels are too high, e.g. penalties for flying off track. | G |
| More silent engines | All aircraft factories | There are many developments going to make aircraft engines quieter. | I, S |
| More silent flights | All aircraft factories | By improving the aerodynamics of aircraft much noise reduction can be achieved. | I, S |
| Move the airport | Athens, Oslo | By bothering more people less, some others will get more nuisances. But it is a principle. | G |
| Optimise flight paths | Schiphol | By bothering more people less, some others will get more nuisances. But it is a principle. | T |
| Reduce ground noise | Schiphol Hoofddorp | Ground ridges between start lanes and residential centres can reduce ground noise. | A, G |
| Reduce night flights | Frankfurt | Under pressure of the residents there are no night flights any more from the main airport. | R, M |
| Sound Noise Limits | EU airports | Limitation of noise impacts on people and spatial limitation of noise impacts. | E, G |
| Steeper decent | EU airports, e.g. Heathrow | May lead to less noise on the ground. To be researched: see our news item | S |
| Strict rules | Brussels | EU airport noise restrictions | E, G |
| Taxes and charges | Oslo | In 2016 Norway introduced an air passenger tax, which hunted Ryanair away. | G |