Airports need to plan for a riskier future - ICAO

BTN News
Thursday, 04 August 2016

The UN agency responsible for air travel standards - the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) - has told airports to start preparing now for the impact of global warming some decades in the future.


Its 2016 environmental report covers increased cloud cover at airports in the Middle East and Latin America as a result of rising temperatures and humidity and also says coastal airstrips around the world are at risk from rising sea levels.


It goes on to detail increased flight turbulence caused by changes in atmospheric jet streams, more sand and dust storms clogging engines, and more ice on aircraft wings.


As an example of infrastructure at risk, it noted that out of 46 airports in Norway, 20 are "quite exposed" and several have runways less than four meters (13.1 feet) above sea level.

Airports need to plan for a riskier future - ICAO

BTN News
Thursday, 04 August 2016

The UN agency responsible for air travel standards - the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) - has told airports to start preparing now for the impact of global warming some decades in the future.


Its 2016 environmental report covers increased cloud cover at airports in the Middle East and Latin America as a result of rising temperatures and humidity and also says coastal airstrips around the world are at risk from rising sea levels.


It goes on to detail increased flight turbulence caused by changes in atmospheric jet streams, more sand and dust storms clogging engines, and more ice on aircraft wings.


As an example of infrastructure at risk, it noted that out of 46 airports in Norway, 20 are "quite exposed" and several have runways less than four meters (13.1 feet) above sea level.