Sustainability and Environment

NLR’s expertise covers Air Traffic Management (ATM) technology and concepts, aircraft and airport operations, airport and airspace capacity, safety, aircraft and community noise, aviation emissions and impact mitigation options. We have developed and apply powerful and validated tools, for combined aircraft noise, emissions and third party risk calculation around airports (TUNA, LEAS-iT, TRIPAC), and an emissions policy analysis tool for aviation stakeholder analysis (AERO-MS), a virtual community noise simulator (VCNS), and airport tower and ATC fast-time simulators (NARSIM).

NLR has extensive experience in designing and developing airport noise and flight track monitoring systems. . Our expertise encompasses the selection, installation, operation, and maintenance of flight track and noise monitoring systems. Additionally, we offer consultancy services to validate these systems, assess the monitoring of noise complaints, and provide policy support related to airport noise and flight track monitoring.

NLR offers a solution to demonstrate the impact of noise reduction measures in an objective way. Our capabilities allow you to visualise and demonstrate the reduction of noise from various sources such as aircraft, wind turbines, road traffic, trains, or industry. We can also recreate a community in a realistic virtual reality environment, enabling you to examine the impact of noise reduction measures from both the source and through shielding or other measures. This allows for a comprehensive understanding of the effectiveness of noise reduction strategies.