Evaluation and analysis of Noise levels due to Aircrafts in an Urban area: Lucknow City

Environmental engineering

Airplanes in India and all over the world serve a great mode of transport as they save time. But in recent years, Indian cities have emerged to be one of the most noise polluted cities in the world, causing several health related problems to the dwellers. Despite implanting better engines in the airplanes that cause less noise, airplanes have remained a great source of noise pollution for the residents living near the airports. Near Delhi airport, the residents of the Vasant Kunj area in South Delhi complained about such nuisance. So, Lucknow is also one such big city, which serves as the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, there are many schools, residential areas and Hospitals located near this big airport(which is second after the Delhi Airport). So the objective of this study is to evaluate noise levels at these 2 nearby locations of Lucknow airport and compare them. In the times of rapid growth, aircrafts are playing an immense role in saving time and traversing greater distances. Engines of the airplanes are the major source of noise and can exceed 140 decibels (dB) during takeoff. The aim of this study is to evaluate noise levels at two nearby locations of Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport, Lucknow. These two locations are namely, NKM school Sector 9b Vrindavan Yojna-2 which is a educational building and the other one is near Omaxe City, Bijnour Road, Lucknow. This airport has two terminals, namely, T1, for International facilities and T2, for domestic services. At present, it operates 75 flights everyday (on an average), out of which 67 are domestic and 8 are international.

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