Flight path noise to be tracked at Southampton Airport
21.03.06
Southampton airport is to use a mix of radar and transponder receivers to track nearby aircraft to an accuracy of 1.52m (5ft) for noise monitoring. A mix of secondary surveillance radar and ATC transponder receivers will enable a computer to triangulate aircraft location and match their positions to noise detected by microphones. Southampton airport will use the data to study operations to limit noise pollution for the local community.
Technology company Siemens Roke Manor is providing its Vigilance system, which detects transponder signals. Their head of product management, Stuart Daly, said: 'The more receivers that are synchronised, the more accurate the triangulation. The two nanosecond synchronisation provides the 5ft accuracy.'
Siemens Roke Manor and project partner, airport environment management firm Lochard, are talking to other UK airports about the study.
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