Environmental Impact

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 In your blog, provide an explanation of your chosen environmental impact with justification and supporting references. Next, you will identify a strategy that could be employed to mitigate your chosen environmental impact. The goal is to engage in a collaborative and constructive debate that promotes critical thought and reflection. 

As aircraft become a prominent form of travel on Earth, humanity must deal with the issues that come forth, none much more prominent than Noise Pollution. As outlined by the AEF, "AEF receives more queries about aviation-related noise pollution than about any other issue. In 2016 we carried out a survey of our members, and noise emerged as the biggest single issue with 83% of respondents reporting noise problems during the day, and 73% reporting noise problems at night" (Understanding aircraft noise 2021). It is not hard to see why this would be the biggest issue; its effects are immediate and detrimental to residential or commercial zones near airports. Much like industrial zones, these locations do not mix due to the amount of noise caused, creating a disturbance in the way of life. To add to this, a trio in the book Management of the Environmental Impact of Airport Operations, outlined a defining factor of this issue, "For the purpose of land-use planning and noise mitigation programs, it is useful to have a set of relationships that show which annoyance level is associated with a given noise exposure level in a community." (Visser et al., Management of the Environmental Impact of Airport Operations). Now that we have an outlined definition, some solutions.

Some proposed have been,

  • The use of high-bypass turbofans
  • geared turbofans
  • Optimal land-use management
  • Operational adjustments by pilots or air traffic controllers
  • Night-time operating restrictions 
(Reducing noise)


AEF. (2021, October 27). Understanding aircraft noise. Aviation Environment Federation. Retrieved February 25, 2022, from https://www.aef.org.uk/guides/understanding-aircraft-noise/

Liboiron, M. (2017, October 9). Bibliography on noise pollution. Discard Studies. Retrieved February 25, 2022, from https://discardstudies.com/2013/10/21/bibliography-on-noise-pollution/

Reducing noise. Airlines. (n.d.). Retrieved February 25, 2022, from https://airlines.iata.org/analysis/reducing-noise

Visser, H. G., Winjen, R. A. A., & Hebly, S. J. (n.d.). Management of the Environmental Impact of Airport Operations. Nonvinka.




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