Development of a Fast Method to Analyze Patterns in Airport Noise

Jansson, Madeleine; Hansman, R. John

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Development of a Fast Method to Analyze Patterns in Airport Noise

2021-09-01
By Jansson, Madeleine ; Hansman, R. John

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Jansson, Madeleine ; Hansman, R. John
Corporate Creators:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment ; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Environment and Energy
Subject/TRT Terms:

Airport Noise ASCENT Flight Paths Noise Sources Quantitative Metrics
Publication/ Report Number:

ICAT-2021-04
DOI:

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/133212
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Right Statement:

Open Access
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics. International Center for Air Transportation (ICAT)
Abstract:

Traditional airport noise modeling is limited in its ability to analyze large quantities of flight tracks due to high computation time. As a result, yearly noise reports are often limited to modeling flights from a single “representative day,” which lacks detail arising from the natural dispersion of flight tracks and variety in airport operations occurring throughout an entire year of operations.

A framework for processing actual flight data and applying an existing, fast noise approximation is presented. Tens of thousands of flights can be analyzed in a matter of hours, allowing for a data-comprehensive approach to calculating noise metrics. Method results are cross-validated against the Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT) on a single-event basis and an existing aggregate result on a multi-event basis.

Results for a variety of metrics are presented based on data sourced from Boston Logan International Airport in 2016. Day-Night-Level (DNL) is calculated on a yearly, daily, and hourly basis, highlighting the variability in noise patterns depending on evolving airport runway configuration. N60 is calculated as a supplemental metric on a daily basis.
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13-C-AJFE-MIT-060 & 075
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Federal Aviation Administration
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