The Airport and the Environment
The Airport and the Environment Quality Air Issue According to the FAA (2017), the three main impacts of aviation on the environment are noise, air pollution around airports, and influences on climate change to sum up the others. Even Though noise seems to be a popular and challenging impact, in my opinion, the Environmental impact that presents the greatest challenge for airport managers is the Quality Air Issue. This is Air terminal outflows influencing neighborhood air quality which originates from both portable and stationary sources, including but not limited to Aircraft, Motor, vehicles, Ground service equipment (GSE), Stationary sources, etc. Air terminal activities may produce different controlled contaminations, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs) or in layman terms unpredictable natural mixes, carbon monoxide (CO), particulate matter (PM), lead, sulfur oxides (SOx), and nitrogen oxides (...