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EUROCONTROL has developed STAPES (the SysTem for AirPort noise Exposure Studies), a multi-airport noise model capable of providing valuable input into both European and international policy-making analyses, including, in particular, ICAO’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP). This work was performed under contract to the European Commission, with technical support from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the United Kingdom's Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA). STAPES is compliant with the best practice modelling guidance provided by both ECAC Doc.29 3rd Edition and ICAO Document 9911. STAPES was recommended for use within ICAO CAEP policy assessments, and this recommendation was endorsed by the CAEP Steering Group in June 2009.
STAPES includes up-to-date information for 27 airports, which represent a large part of the European population exposed to significant noise levels within the ECAC region (approximately 90% within the EU), and ensure that future modelling assessments are robust enough to support informed policy-making. Good coordination with the majority of the airports has led to the putting in place of an efficient data flow process for immediate needs and future updates.
The STAPES project has also identified the European Environment Agency’s population database as an appropriate single source of data for use in relation to EU airports dealing with issues such as noise exposure. This has been complemented with census data for two non-EU airports (Zurich and Geneva), to ensure that population data are available for all airports assessed using the STAPES model.
STAPES has successfully contributed to the assessments of CAEP/8 policies on the European region, with significantly more accurate results than at any previous occasion.
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Last validation: 03/12/2010
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