What are airports doing to protect the environment?
Although much of the environmental impact of air travel occurs during the operation of an aircraft and is outside an airports control, significant measures have been undertaken to better understand and reduce environmental impacts within airports responsibility. Read more. U.S. airports are subject to stringent environmental regulations set forth by federal, state, and local government agencies including the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These regulations both require airports to affirmatively improve the environment and, at the same time, prohibit airports from regulating the operation of aircraft in flight. In Canada, Environment Canada and Transport Canada oversee environmental protection regulations that airports must meet.
