Evaluation of commuter airplane emissions: A European case study

The authors studied a network of commuter flights in Europe (< 300 n-miles). The analysis of the network identified several connections with very short flights (100–150 n-miles) for which legitimate alternatives may be available. The short-haul network is served by a variety of turbofan and turboprop airplanes; 12 of these airplanes have been used for environmental analysis. Flights were simulated using crowd-sourced ADS-B/Mode-S data, via filtering and other mathematical treatments. Landing and take-off emissions had to be accounted by direct simulation of the missing segments in the flight trajectory. The authors demonstrate that these phases of flight are essential for accounting of short-haul emissions. Analysis is provided for fuel burn, CO₂, NOₓ, CO, UHC, SOₓ and non-volatile particulate matter, as function of distance, altitude, city pairs. A sensitivity analysis is carried out to evaluate the effects of externalities. Finally, the continental flight network is explored with ancillary geographical information systems and identified routes that could be reviewed to reduce aviation emissions.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.102979
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920921002777
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  • © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Filippone, Antonio
  • Parkes, Ben
• Publication Date: 2021-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 102979
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
  • Volume: 98
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1361-9209
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Commuter aircraft; Evaluation; Pollutants
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Environment; Passenger Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01781740
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 2021 2:52PM