Environment
Business Aviation's Balanced, Effective Approach to Environmental Policy
NBAA believes that when it comes to general aviation operations, environmental stewardship is an imperative. The Association continually works to develop reasonable and balanced policies that support the industry’s twin goals of promoting the mobility and growth of business aviation while safely minimizing its environmental footprint, in terms of both greenhouse gas and noise emissions.
European Union Emissions Trading Scheme
Information on the European Union's inclusion of aviation activity in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) that will be applicable when aircraft depart from and/or arrive at an airport in an EU member country starting in 2012. Learn More.
Noise Abatement Program
NBAA's Noise Abatement Program has been in existence since 1967. The NBAA noise procedures are recommended as a standard for all operations where aircraft manufacturers have not recommended specific procedures. Learn More.
The Future of Avgas
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has formally begun the regulatory process required by the Clean Air Act that may ultimately result in standards mandating the industry’s transition from leaded aviation gasoline (avgas) to unleaded aviation gasoline. Learn More.
News
- Airports Take Various Approaches to Disposing of International Trash
- March 3, 2011
When community airports open an on-site customs facility for business aviation, one question is often initially overlooked: What to do with the trash operators bring aboard their aircraft from outside U.S. borders? The trash can’t be treated the same as garbage from within the U.S., and airport officials at Addison Airport, McClelland- Palomar Airport and Naples Municipal Airport report on the varying approaches taken at each airport to comply with disposal procedures.
Learn more.
Business Aviation Environmental Issues Resources
- NBAA Environmental Issues Executive Summary
- NBAA Environmental Policy
- NBAA Update on Environmental Issues Impacting Business Aviation
- IBAC Presentation: The Environment and the Need for Business Aviation Action
- GAMA Presentation: General Aviation Leading the Way to Green
- Aviation and Climate Change: The Views of Aviation Industry Stakeholders
- Business Aviation and Climate Change
In November 2009, a host of business aviation associations unveiled a plan to build upon the industry’s continued record of advancements to limit the industry’s emissions footprint. The plan targets carbon-neutral growth by 2020, improvements in fuel efficiency by an average of two percent per year until 2020, and a reduction in total carbon emissions of 50 percent by 2050 relative to 2005.
Review the summary document (754KB, PDF)
Review the full position paper (754KB, PDF)
Business Aviation Environmental Issues Operational Resources
- Gulfstream Presentation: Performance Procedures for Fuel Conservation and Carbon Dioxide Reduction
This presentation provides aircraft operators specific practices for optimizing fuel consumption and reducing carbon dioxide emissions. While the quantifiable data are specified for the Gulfstream 550 aircraft, the practices are relevant to all business aircraft. - Boeing Airport Noise and Emissions Website
Boeing provides a listing of airports around the world with noise and emissions restrictions.
