AIRCRAFT NOISE. EIGHT AIRPORTS' EFFORTS TO MITIGATE NOISE

This report contains information on airports' efforts to mitigate aircraft noise. The information is based on case studies of eight major airports serving the cities of Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. Both the case studies, details of which are contained in appendices to this report, and this report provide information on: the processes that airports used to select measures for mitigating the effects of aircraft-generated noise; the specific measures that airports have taken; the Federal Aviation Administration's actions to assist airports in developing their noise mitigation programs; and airports' evaluations of the effectiveness of individual noise measures and their programs as a whole.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/summary.php?recflag=&rptno=RCED-89-189
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee of Aviation, Committee on Public Works and Transportation, and the Honorable Bruce F. Vento, House of Representatives.
• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. General Accounting Office

  441 G Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20548
• Publication Date: 1989-9

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures;
• Pagination: 86 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Case studies; Measures of effectiveness; Noise; Traffic mitigation
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Mitigation
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Environment; Highways; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00488652
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: GAO/RCED-89-189
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1989 12:00AM