Report to Congress. Potential Hazards to Aircraft By Locating Waste Disposal Sites in the Vicinity of Airports.

Abstract

This report was developed from historical data, past studies, and research on the incidents and accidents involving bird strikes and aircraft and on the potential of solid waste disposal sites to attract and sustain bird movements. This report is in response to Section 203(b)(2) of the Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992. This section directed a study to be conducted to determine whether a municipal solid waste facility, located within a 5-mile radius of the end of a runway, has the potential for attracting or sustaining bird movements (from feeding, watering, or roosting in the area) and poses a hazard to runways or approach and departure patterns of aircraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA308316

Entities

People

  • Ed Cleary

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Aircrafts
  • Bird Strikes
  • Birds
  • Congress
  • Control Systems
  • Environmental Protection
  • Governments
  • Risk
  • Solid Waste
  • Transport Aircraft
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • Waste Disposal Facilities
  • Waste Management
  • Wildlife

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.