Milan Linate International Airport Airspace Flight Procedures Simulation and Aircraft Noise Modelling

National Air Traffic Services Authority - UK

Milan, Italy

In association with the UK's National Air Traffic Services Authority (NATS), LEAPP reviewed the operation of Milan's Linate Airport to assess the feasibility and impact of operating the airport as a unidirectional runway system, thereby avoiding aircraft overflights over noise-sensitive residential areas north of the airport. As part of this, LEAPP undertook a simulation of new airspace procedures for the airport to determine whether application of changed procedures could reduce noise impacts over the noise-sensitive areas of the city to the north of the airport.

LEAPP simulated the new flight procedures using TAAM to verify the operational feasibility of the procedures and to provide an assurance of the ability for these procedures to ensure safe operating conditions and still achieve airport capacity requirements. LEAPP also undertook noise modelling of the proposed new flight procedures to determine the noise impact of the proposed revised flight procedures on residents of areas living under, and near to, the new flight paths for the airport.

The project demonstrated that safe flight procedures could be developed and that the revised procedures and routings would not affect residents of the areas beneath the new flight paths.