Modeling of noise pollution and estimated human exposure around İstanbul Atatürk Airport in Turkey

The level of aircraft noise exposure around İstanbul Atatürk Airport was calculated according to the European Noise Directive. These calculations were based on the actual flight data for each flight in the year 2011. The study area was selected to cover of 25km radius centered on the Aerodrome Refer...

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Published in:The Science of the total environment 2014-06, Vol.482-483, p.486-492
Main Authors: Ozkurt, Nesimi, Sari, Deniz, Akdag, Ali, Kutukoglu, Murat, Gurarslan, Aliye
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aircraft - statistics & numerical data
Airports - statistics & numerical data
Cities
Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Environmental Pollution - statistics & numerical data
Exposure
Humans
Modeling
Noise map
Noise pollution
Noise, Transportation
Turkey
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Summary:The level of aircraft noise exposure around İstanbul Atatürk Airport was calculated according to the European Noise Directive. These calculations were based on the actual flight data for each flight in the year 2011. The study area was selected to cover of 25km radius centered on the Aerodrome Reference Point of the airport. The geographical data around İstanbul Atatürk Airport was used to prepare elevation, residential building, auxiliary building, hospital and school layers in SoundPlan software. It was found that 1.2% of the land area of İstanbul City exceeds the threshold of 55dB(A) during daytime. However, when the exceedance of threshold of 65dB(A)is investigated, the affected area is found quite small (0.2% of land area of city). About 0.3% of the land area of İstanbul City has noise levels exceeding 55dB(A) during night-time. Our results show that about 4% of the resident population was exposed to 55dB(A) or higher noises during daytime in İstanbul. When applying the second threshhold criteria, nearly 1% of the population is exposed to noise levels greater than 65dB(A). At night-time, 1.3% of the population is exposed to 55dB(A) or higher noise levels. •1.2% of the land area of İstanbul exceeds the threshold of 55dB(A) during daytime.•At night-time, 1.3% of the population is exposed to 55dB(A) or higher noise levels.•1% of the population is exposed to noise levels greater than 65dB(A).•The restriction for airport use is the only way can be applied to Atatürk Airport.
ISSN:0048-9697
1879-1026
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.017