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Noise and air pollution: the real impacts of airport expansion: Aviation Environment Federation
https://www.aef.org.uk/2025/12/19/noise-and-air-pollution-the-real-community-impacts-of-airport-expansion/ Noise: " In recent years, ongoing work by the academic and medical community has revealed the true health impacts of exposure to excessive environmental noise. Far from being a problem only for easily-dismissed “noise sensitive” people, an increasing body of academic research is showing that noise impacts all of us, whether we realise it or not. " Pollution: " Aircraft


Respite from noise: we asked the airport and this is what they said
In 2018, we pressed the Airport to take a serious look into options for respite from noise especially to the West where takeoffs happen for 70% of the year. Consultants were commissioned to produce a report on options which they presented to the Airport in 2019. We haven't been allowed to see it but we understand that there are commercial reasons why it remains confidential. Here is a pdf of the consultant's presentation. The Airport did a presentation at the same time expl


Say NO to airport expansion: a UK-wide campaign
In order to halt aviation’s continued and accelerating contribution to climate change, we need to halt airport expansion NOW


Petition to stop airport expansion across the UK
More than 20 UK airports are expanding massively, making accelerating climate change far worse. Sign the petition to stop this!


Aviation is a health risk
Flying looks like a nice easy way to go on holiday and have weekends away. But - and we've said it many times - for reasons of noise,...


How far away?
We think that, when the Airport states an aircraft's altitude in thousands of feet, it can be misleading (not deliberately) because...


Ultrafine particles from aircraft engines can endanger lives
There is growing evidence that ultrafine particles of atmospheric pollution emitted by aircraft engines (and vehicle engines) can affect...


Aviation, holidays and the tourism deficit
There is a “tourism deficit” to the UK economy, estimated at around £ 13 – 20 billion per year over the past decade. This is the...


Surely aviation is key to the economy?
Actually, no, it isn’t , its contribution is less than the aviation industry and the Government claim. The Government’s estimate of...
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