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Land-use Planning and Management
Page ContentLand-use planning and management is an effective means to ensure that the activities nearby airports are compatible with aviation. Its main goal is to minimize the population…
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Noise Abatement Operational Procedures
Page ContentThe way aircraft are operated in day-to-day operations may also present impacts in terms of the noise that reaches the ground. ICAO assists on the development and standardization of low…
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Noise Abatement Operational Procedures
Page ContentThe way aircraft are operated in day-to-day operations may also present impacts in terms of the noise that reaches the ground. ICAO assists on the development and standardization of low…
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Operating Restrictions
Page ContentNoise concerns have led some States to consider banning the operation of certain noisy aircraft at noise-sensitive airports. In the 1980s, the focus was on Non-Noise Certificated (NNC)…
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Operating Restrictions
Page ContentNoise concerns have led some States to consider banning the operation of certain noisy aircraft at noise-sensitive airports. In the 1980s, the focus was on Non-Noise Certificated (NNC)…
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Noise from Emerging Technology Aircraft
New innovative technologies and energy sources for aviation are under development in a fast pace, and ICAO is closely following up these developments to prepare for their timely environmental…
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Local Air Quality
One of ICAO's environmental goals is to limit or reduce the impact of aviation emissions on local air quality (LAQ). Starting during the late 1970s, ICAO has been developing measures to address…
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Trends in Local Air Quality
Page ContentAs part of the CAEP/13 (2025) update to the ICAO Global Environmental Trends, a range of scenarios were developed for the assessment of future aircraft emissions affecting LAQ, i.e.…
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Trends in Local Air Quality
Page ContentAs part of the CAEP/12 (2022) update to the ICAO Global Environmental Trends, a range of scenarios were developed for the assessment of future LAQ NOx and PM emission trends.The LAQ…
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Local Air Quality Technology Goals
Page ContentTo foster technology development, ICAO regularly sets technology goals, with the purpose of providing stretch yet reasonable targets for industry R&D to aim at, in cooperation with…