The Nationwide Airport Noise Impact Model and Its Application to Regulatory Alternatives
Abstract
The Nationwide Airport Noise Impact Model enables estimates of the future (to 2010) noise impact for various regulatory alternatives. It enables calculation of the population, total housing unit value and area in the United States exposed to various L(dn) values above L(dn) 65 dB from operations of civil air carrier aircraft. It contains a population and demographic data base derived from Census data at 247 airports and the 1985 baseline aircraft fleet mix derived from the Official Airline Guide for the week of October 12, 1985. It contains area versus L(dn) functions for five airports that are used to represent the diverse sizes and types of commercial airports in the United States. The report contains the results of applying the model to a baseline and two regulatory scenarios. The regulatory scenarios are the phaseout of operations by Stage 2 aircraft om 1995 and in 2000. Population and economic impact data are estimated for four study years 1985, 1990, 1995 and 2000. The results indicate that both alternatives lead to significant reductions of impact over the baseline case, with the earlier phaseout bringing earlier reductions. Keywords: Economic impact.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA201845
Entities
People
- Kenneth M. Eldred
- Michael R Dawson