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Chapter SIX
Environmental Practices
There is a compelling and urgent need to address the envi- of environmental, economic, and social sustainability.
ronmental effects of air transportation, especially as these Using the management performance scale (see Appendix
effects will grow as the economy and the demand for air B), respondents completed a self-assessment on how well
transportation grow. If these effects are not addressed, they their airport was managing environmental, social, and eco-
could constrain air transportation growth in the 21st century nomic sustainability with regard to policies and programs,
(Waitz et al. 2004). Airports of the future will have to deal performance monitoring and reporting, and incentives and
with the environmental concerns of the communities that awareness.
surround them (Committee on Aviation and Environmental
Protection 2007). On the management performance scale, 1 represents
little or no awareness of the issue and no policies or pro-
This section of the report presents the survey findings on grams in place, and 5 represents high awareness, account-
environmental sustainability practices in the areas of mea- ability and long-term planning, and incentives aligned
surement and monitoring, water, energy, climate change, with performance. Figure 5 shows the results of the self-
land use, materials, waste, noise, energy, and green building. assessments.
Table 10 shows which U.S. and non-U.S. airport respondents
identified current or planned environmental practices at their U.S. Airports
airports. For a detailed list of environmental sustainability
practices reported by survey respondents, see Appendix D. Among respondents from U.S. airports, most of those from
large airports rated their airport's environmental perfor-
mance as 4 or 5. The two small hub airports rated their per-
Environmental Sustainability Self-Assessment formance as 1 or 3, whereas the four medium airports rated
their performance as 2 or 5. The non-hub airport respondent
Survey respondents were asked to rate performance at rated its airport's environmental performance as 3. Sev-
their airports with respect to the triple-bottom-line issues eral of the large hub airports justified their high ratings by
Table 10
Survey respondents from U.S. and non-U.S. Airports who provided information on environmental
practices at their airport
Non-U.S. Airport U.S. Airport Respondents
Environmental Practice Respondents Large Hub Medium Hub Small Hub Non-Hub
En1. Measuring and Monitoring Q Q Q Q
En2. Water Conservation Q Q Q Q
En3. Water Quality Q Q Q Q
En4. Climate Change Q Q Q Q Q
En5. Air Quality Q Q Q
En6. Land Use Q Q Q Q
En7. Biodiversity Q Q Q
En8. Materials Q Q Q
En9. Waste Q Q Q Q
En10. Noise and Aesthetics Q Q Q
En11. Energy Q Q Q Q
En12. Green Buildings Q Q Q
