BUILDING ON A SOUND FOUNDATION Stansted Noise Strategy and Action Plan Revised for 2013-2018 – Executive Summary London Stansted Airport Enterprise House Stansted Airport Essex CM24 1QW United Kingdom www.stanstedairport.com INTRODUCTION STANSTED AIRPORT During 2009, Stansted Airport originally developed, consulted Stansted Airport is the third largest international airport in Category 3b instrument landing system. In 2009, over 90 the public and produced a five year Draft Noise Strategy and the UK primarily serving London, the East of England and different aircraft types served the airport with the overwhelming Action Plan, which was adopted by the Secretary of State the South East. In 2012, it handled over 17.5 mppa. types being twin engine, medium sized, narrow bodied for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. In 2013, DEFRA aircraft such as the Boeing 737-800 and the Airbus A319. The Airport covers an area of 957 hectares and is located advised the airport that they had issued “Guidance for Airport Over recent years we have welcomed the introduction of approximately 65 kilometres north-east of London, and 50 Operators to produce noise action plans under the terms of modern, quieter and more efficient aircraft such as the Boeing kilometres south-east of Cambridge. Land surrounding the the Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006 (as 777 and 747-8F. airport is predominantly arable agricultural land, interspersed amended)” Update July 2013. This required the Airports Noise with dwellings and farmhouses. Action plan to be updated to include the period 2013-2018. Airport Authority Towns in the vicinity of the Airport include Bishop’s Stortford, This Executive Summary of our Noise Action Plan is designed to Stansted Airport is now owned by the Manchester Airport located 3.5 kilometres to the west, Great Dunmow demonstrate that Stansted Airport has fully met the requirements Group (M.A.G) and has a licence to operate the aerodrome approximately 8 kilometres to the east. Nearby villages detailed in Annex V of Environmental Noise Directive at Stansted Airport. include Stansted Mountfitchet, Molehill Green, Bamber’s 2002/49/EC. Green, Takeley, Takeley Street, Birchanger, Burton End, As the responsible authority Stansted Airport developed a This Plan has been developed using the data pack provided Tye Green and Gaunt’s End. five year Draft Noise Action Plan and has now produced by DEFRA. The information contained within the Environmental this updated plan. This was subject to formal adoption and The airport has one operational runway and a single main Noise (England) Regulations 2006 (as amended) Airport Noise approval by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food terminal building located to the south of the runway. To the Action Planning Data Pack is subject to Crown Copyright and Rural Affairs, in line with Environmental Noise (England) north of the runway a number of general aviation companies 2009. It has been reproduced and acknowledged under the Regulations 2006 (as amended). operate from their own facilities. terms of this copyright.The second round of Noise Mapping The Noise Action Plan is the responsibility of the aerodrome was completed in 2012, based on 2011 mapping data. The main runway is known as ‘04/22’ (based upon compass operator regardless of any changes in ownership. Noise bearings). It is 3,048m in length and is equipped with a comes from a variety of sources as shown in Table 1 below. Noise source Noise source owner Influence role Noise source Noise source owner Influence role Aircraft Engine Airside Vehicles Drivers of vehicles STAL Airlines STAL Testing Passengers, Passenger Transport Landside Construction Companies, Freight and Logistic STAL Construction Company STAL Vehicles Activities transport companies Airlines, CAA, Building STAL and other airport Approach Aircraft and engine Manufacturers STAL NATS, STAL Infrastructure building owners Aircraft and Airlines, CAA, Airlines, CAA, Landing Aircraft Engines Engine Manufacturers engine Manufacturers STAL STAL Airlines, CAA, Taxi Engine Manufacturers NATS, STAL Aircraft Airframe Aircraft Manufacturers STAL Airlines, CAA, Take Off Aircraft and engine Manufacturers APU's APU Manufacturers Airlines, STAL NATS, STAL Ground Handling Airlines, CAA, GPU's GPU Manufacturers Climb Out Aircraft and engine Manufacturers Companies, STAL NATS, STAL Table 1: Noise sources at Stansted Airport 2 Stansted Airport | Noise Strategy and Action Plan 2013–2018 | Executive Summary 3 THE REGULATION OF RESULTS OF 2006 AND STANSTED AIRPORT’S AIRCRAFT NOISE IN THE UK 2011 NOISE MAPPING NOISE STRATEGY The Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006 Local Regulation As a designated airport London Stansted is bound by the The Noise Action Plan and this subsequent Executive Summary For over a decade Stansted Airport Limited has been at the (as amended) – These regulations transpose the requirements Governments night flying restrictions regime. This limits the have used and referred to the data provided by DEFRA. forefront of proactively monitoring and tackling community Our planning permission for the Generation 1 development of EC directive 2002/49/EC (Environment Noise Directive) number of aircraft movements that can occur during the night noise issues. includes conditions which limit the airport to 35 mppa. It also An example of information from the data pack is shown in into UK law. They place a duty on the Secretary of State to period 23:30-06:00 (local time) in any season and the limits the number of passenger air transport movements, cargo Table 2. This shows that within the ≥55Lden contour there Managing and where possible reducing this noise is a produce strategic noise maps and under regulation 18 airport cumulative noise that these operations can generate. Aircraft air transport movements and non air transport movements to are an estimated 9,400 people residing within it in 2006 , long standing commitment within Stansted Airport Limited’s operators are obliged to produce Noise Action Plans based are categorised by the noise they generate. This is known as 243,500, 20,500 and 10,000 respectively. reducing to 7,400 people in 2011. (STAL) corporate responsibility agenda. Our commitment and on the strategic noise maps. These plans were prepared, the Quota Count (QC) system. There are further scheduling approach is further endorsed by the achievement in 2005 of adopted and published in 2011. This updated plan has This planning permission also limits the area enclosed by the restrictions of aircraft which are categorised in the noisiest Comparison of the more recent 2011 noise maps with the ISO14001 environmental accreditation, which includes the been revised to include the results of the 2011 mapping 57dB(A) Leq16hr (07:00-23:00) noise contour to 33.9 sq km. QC groups eg. QC4, QC8 and QC16 rated aircraft. This the earlier 2006 maps, clearly shows that there has been management of air and ground noise. We have maintained data and has been consulted upon through the Airports regime has been consulted upon during 2013/14 and has a significant improvement in all areas. The progressive There are specific noise-related controls within this planning this accreditation to date. Consultative Committee and is now fully aligned within the been renewed to cover the period to Summer 2018. introduction of more modern and quieter aircraft types has permission and subsequent Section 106 agreement. These END 5 year cycle. Stansted Airport operates under regulations made an important contribution to this improvement and The current noise reduction and mitigation at Stansted cover include restrictions in the use of: Stansted Airport has strict departure noise limits in place and guidelines imposed from many International, European, Stansted now benefits from one of the most modern aircraft a wide range of activities including: which are set by the Government. These noise limits are set National and Local Authorities (shown below). • Auxiliary Power Units (APU’s) fleets in the world. A reduction in aircraft movement numbers, as 94dBA Lmax for any departure between 07:00-23:00, • Maintaining our dedicated Noise and Track Keeping system associated with the global economic recession, will also have • Ground Power Unit’s (GPU’s) 89dBA Lmax for any departure between 23:00-23:30 and been a contributory factor. • Providing a public web based flight tracking tool, WebTrak • Ground running of aircraft engines. 06:00-07:00 and 87dBA Lmax for any departure between • Fining airlines for flying persistently outside the noise 23:30-06:00 (all local time). This is measured in Stansted Whilst we have focussed the main Action Plan activities on preferential departure routes Stansted Airport Aircraft Noise Regulations Airport’s dedicated noise track keeping system and the eight ≥55Lden contour, we have also looked beyond this area to fixed community noise monitors. mitigate aircraft noise where possible. • Fining aircraft that exceed the departure noise limits UN ICAO • Differential charging regime which promotes quieter aircraft Chicago Convention Balanced Approach Aircraft Noise Certification/Chapters • Providing a mobile community noise monitoring program International 2006 2011 • Departure track keeping compliance above 95% EU ECAC for all routes Noise level (dB) Area (km2) Number of Number of Area (km2) Number of Number of dwellings people dwellings people • Achieving above our target of 90% of all aircraft using European EC Directive 2006/93/EC EC Directive 2002/30 EC Directive 2002/49 Environment Noise Directive ≥ 55 73.3 3,850 9,400 57.5 2,950 7,400 Continuous Descent Approach to Runway 22 ≥ 60 28.4 850 2,100 21.3 500 1,400 • Residential noise insulation scheme. UK Government DfT DEFRA CAA ≥ 65 10.1 150 400 7.4 100 300 ≥ 70 3.5 <50 <100 2.5 <50 <100 STAL currently spends over £600,000 per annum on these Civil Aviation Act 1982 & 2006 Airports Act 1986 Aeroplane Noise Regulations 1999 Aerodromes Regulations 2003 Environmental Noise Regulations 2006 ≥ 75 1.2 0 0 1.0 0 0 activities mitigating noise.