THE DEVELOPMENT OF LUTON AIRPORT AND ITS EFFECT UPON THE NOISE CLIMATE OF THE AREA

The basic method used to assess aircraft noise nuisance around airports in Great Britain relies on the correlation of subjective annoyance with a physical measure of the noise exposure. The unit of noise and number index (NNI), currently being taken as the standard is derived using the average peak noise level of aircraft and the number of aircraft heard on the ground. Changes in the noise exposure pattern around Luton Airport since 1969 are examined. The airport has the benefit of a noise monitoring system and this, in conjunction with the NNI monitoring study, has enabled the collection of good data used for making decisions which affect the airport development. The NNI contains of 1969 through and including 1973 are described in detail in addition to 1980 projections.

• Corporate Authors:

  Trade and Technical Press, Limited

  Crown House
  Morden, Surrey SM4 5EW,   England 
• Authors:
  • Waters, C
• Publication Date: 1975-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 157-161
• Serial:
  • Noise Control and Vibration Reduction
  • Volume: 6
  • Publisher: Trade and Technical Press, Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft noise; Airport noise; Airport planning; Airports; Data collection; Development; Environmental impact analysis; Environmental impacts; Index numbers; Monitoring; Noise; Sound level
• Identifier Terms: Luton Airport
• Old TRIS Terms: Airport development; Noise exposure
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Environment; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00155913
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Aerospace Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 28 1977 12:00AM