Local and regional air quality impacts of airport operations

Longhurst, J. W.S.; Longhurst, James; Gibbs, D.C.; Raper, D. W.; Conlan, D. E.

Abstract

This paper discusses the air quality impacts of airport operations. It considers a range of pollutants and identifies emission sources both within and surrounding airports as being important in contributing to the air quality experienced at an airport. These sources include aircraft operations, landside traffic, airside traffic and fuel-handling operations. The paper considers air quality impacts over the last 30 years and draws examples from a variety of European airports. The paper concludes with a forecast of likely changes in emission sources and strengths at airports over the next 15 years.

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 1996
• Journal: Environmentalist
• Print ISSN: 0251-1088
• Electronic ISSN: 1573-2991
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 83-90
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01325099
• Keywords: local, regional, air quality, airport, operations
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1105798
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01325099