Airport Noise Monitoring Systems
Noise in the community around an airport as a result of general
airport operations and aircraft movement can result complaints
that must be dealt with efficiently to avoid escalation. A
noise monitoring system must provide the following facilities:
- Accurately measure the noise levels
- Allow identification of the noise source
- Show real-time noise levels
- Produce reports of historical noise levels
- Ease the handling of complaints
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Airport Noise |
Our complete noise monitoring systems consist of both fixed (installed)
and portable noise monitors, which connect back to a central computer
running the Noise-Hub software. Flight information, weather
information and other related data can be integrated with the noise
measurements.
Components of an Airport Noise Monitoring
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Typical System
All airport noise monitoring systems are tailored for the airport
in question and depend on the number of runways, flights and the
motivation behind installing a system (long term monitoring of
noise, complaint handling, assessing a noise reduction program,
planning consent).
A typical system would consist of a number of fixed noise monitoring
terminals. These are permanently installed at key locations and
record the noise levels continuously. A small airport with a single
runway would have two or three monitors, a large airport with
multiple runways would tend have between six and ten permanent
noise monitors. The monitors would be connected either permanently
or via a telephone line back to the Noise-Hub server. Airports also tend to have one or two portable noise monitors.
These have a similar noise processing system to the fixed monitors,
but have lower levels of weather protection and of course are designed
to be easily moved between locations. These portable units are
used for assessing areas not covered by the fixed monitors and
for placing close to, or within, a complainant's premises. |
