Environment influences on Manchester Airport

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Manchester Airport currently run a number of committed objectives to try and reduce their impact on the environment. Although they recognise that achieving sustainable development is a demanding task they are determined to find a way of accomplish the tasks they set.

Air Quality

Air quality can be affected by a number of different pollutants that in high concentrations can harm human health. There are many sources of air pollution at the Airport, such as staff and passenger cars, aircraft, operational vehicles and heating plant.

Therefore, in relation to air quality, Manchester Airport has set an objective stating that they 'will continue to reduce air quality and related emissions'.

The main sources of Airport emissions of NO2 are aircraft and road traffic. Road traffic, from nearby roads and motorways makes a significant contribution to the air quality around the airport.

In order to protect human health, the European Commission and UK Government (Air Quality Strategy) have set air quality limits in ambient air that must not be exceeded. Limits have been set for 9 pollutants, and some pollutants have short-term limit, such as 1 hour, and a long-term limit, such as a year. Therefore,