Airports

Background:

This profile deals with land and facilities licensed by the Civil Aviation Authority for air passenger and freight transport and for flying training. It does not include military airfields. Many former airport sites have been put to new uses such as agriculture, parks, housing and industrial activities.

Potential Processes and Operations:

The key activities undertaken on an airport facility are:

  • Fuelling
  • De-icing
  • Aircraft servicing and maintenance
  • Other airport operations including fire control

Secondary activities include catering, freight handling, car parking, car hire and site leasing for non-airport uses such as industrial estates.

Potential Contaminants of Concern:
Contaminant type Main group of contaminants Location
Fuel delivery/ storage transport Maintenance service areas Runways and aprons Drainage systems and soakaways Waste disposal Fire station, fire training areas, foam storage & fire incidents
Organic Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)   • • • •  
Halogenated hydrocarbons   • • • •  
Non-halogenated hydrocarbons • •   •    
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs            
Dioxins and furans            
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)            
Pesticides and herbicides    • • • •  
Organometallic compounds            
Explosives            
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) • • • •   •
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) • • • • • •
Inorganic Metals   • • •    
Non-metals and common inorganic substances
 
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Asbestos
 
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Cyanides
 
          
Radionuclides            
Other potential contaminants of concern Aircraft de-icing/anti-icing fluids (e.g. glycols); pavement de-icing for runways, taxiways and operational areas (e.g. potassium acetate); lubricants; hydraulic fluids. See original Industry Profile for additional potential contaminants.
 
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