Airports

Airports #

Scope 1 Airport Emissions 2024 This sector returns point-level CO₂ emissions representing emissions from aircrafts at airports and helipads using Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) data.

Airport Sector Definition #

The airport sector contains emissions for all aircrafts (planes and helicopters) during the landing/take-off (LTO) cycle using data on number of aircraft and aircraft/engine specific emission factors.

Emissions data sources #

  • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Traffic Flow Management System Counts Data (TFMSC)
  • FAA Form 5010 Data
  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emission factors by aircraft type/variant
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emission factors by engine type
  • EPA emission factors by general user class

Methods summary #

The methods involve filtering and aggregating FAA 5010 and TFMSC data by airport for user class, engine, and aircraft type to estimate CO₂ emissions from the landing/take-off (LTO) cycle and emission factors from IPCC and EPA are applied. Any missing TFMSC airport data is filled using FAA 5010.