Conference paper
A comparison of the effects of night time air traffic noise on sleep at Cologne/Bonn and Frankfurt Airport after the night flight ban
Washington State University
ICBEN Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem, 12 (Zurich, Switzerland, 06/18/2017–06/22/2017)
06/2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000005518
Appears in Aviation Sustainability Center (ASCENT)
Abstract
In the STRAIN study (2001/2002) the German Aerospace Center (DLR) measured the sleep of 64 residents (19-61 years) around Cologne/Bonn airport for 9 consecutive nights each with polysomnography. Cologne/Bonn airport has no night time restrictions for chapter 3 airplanes and is one of the busiest airports in Germany during the night. Frankfurt is the airport with the highest traffic volume in Germany. A night flight ban (11 p.m.-5 a.m.) was implemented in October 2011. Traffic density during shoulder hours is high. DLR examined 83 Frankfurt airport residents (18-77 years) with polysomnography as part of the NORAH study in 2012. In both studies sound pressure level (SPL) and noise events were recorded with microphones near the sleeper's ear. Participants filled out questionnaires each morning. The analysis shows that aircraft noise associated awakening probabilities were 3.8-7.5% higher for maximum indoor levels from 30-70 dB(A) at Cologne/Bonn Airport whereas night time aircraft noise annoyance was higher in Frankfurt. The results of both studies are compared, and limitations of the comparisons are discussed.
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- Title
- A comparison of the effects of night time air traffic noise on sleep at Cologne/Bonn and Frankfurt Airport after the night flight ban
- Creators
- Uwe Müller (Author) - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)Eva-Maria Elmenhorst (Author) - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)Franco Mendolia (Author) - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)Julia Quehl (Author) - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)Mathias Basner (Author) - University of PennsylvaniaSarah McGuire (Author) - University of PennsylvaniaDaniel Aeschbach (Author) - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)
- Conference
- ICBEN Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem, 12 (Zurich, Switzerland, 06/18/2017–06/22/2017)
- Academic Unit
- Aviation Sustainability Center (ASCENT); Noise
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 6
- Grants
- 13-C-AJFE-UPenn-003, 13-C-AJFE-UPenn-004, Federal Aviation Administration (United States, Washington) - FAA
- Identifiers
- 99901050933301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper