A Primer and Framework for Considering an Airport Noise and Operations Monitoring System (NOMS)

Airports use noise and operations monitoring systems (NOMS) to collect, manage, analyze, and communicate data such as flight tracks and procedures, aircraft identification, noise measurements, community complaints, and weather. These systems also can be used to respond to complaints and provide stakeholders with information about aircraft activity and noise, thus fostering trust and transparency. While NOMS can be beneficial, they require both financial and technical investment; moreover, airports may not have resources and industry knowledge to adequately evaluate the benefits and costs of these systems. Research is needed to help airports decide if a NOMS is appropriate for their situation, evaluate the benefits and costs of acquiring and updating such systems, and determine the general resources needed to acquire, operate, and maintain these systems. The objective of this research is to develop a primer and a decision-making framework to help airports and other stakeholders assess the benefits and costs of acquiring, maintaining, and updating an airport NOMS.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4839

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $249940
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 02-89

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Airport Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Project Managers:

  Navarrete, Joseph

• Performing Organizations:

  Landrum & Brown

  Overland Park, KS  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Valdes, Christian

• Start Date: 20200427
• Expected Completion Date: 20211027
• Actual Completion Date: 20211027

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport noise; Airports; Benefit cost analysis; Data collection; Decision making; Feasibility analysis; Guidelines; Monitoring
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Environment; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01713681
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 02-89
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 12 2019 10:14PM