Thursday, January 27, 2011

European Aviation CO2 emissions figures for 2010 - UK and Heathrow are WAY ahead of EU countries or airports


RDC Aviation

EU Aviation Emissions Report. Quarter 4 2010

Contains much more data. Below are some key figures.

CO2 Estimates By Country – December 2010

European Aviation emissions - Tonnes CO2

Country

December 2010

Rolling 12 months (all 2010)

United Kingdom

3,534,971 (26%)

44,900,745

Germany

2,462,258 (18%)

31,411,992

France

2,049,766 (15%)

25,001,122

Spain and Canary Islands

1,320,057 (10%)

17,034,457

Netherlands

1,090,748 (8%)

13,300,655

Italy

985,905 (7%)

13,245,207

Portugal

287,316 (2%)

3,709,925

CO2 emissions by Airport

Tonnes of CO2

Airport

December 2010

Rolling 12 months (all of 2010)

London - Heathrow

1,356,374 (16.4%)

16,227,256

Paris - Charles De Gaulle

816,199 (9.9%)

9,849,611

Frankfurt

789,988 (9.6%)

9,892,726

Amsterdam - Schiphol

580,286

7,084,182

Madrid

456,994

5,430,924

Rome - Fiumicino

269,512

3,545,825

Munich

258,416

3,224,331

London - Gatwick

225,459

3,110,108

Paris - Orly

180,153

2,161,269

Milan - Malpensa

143,438

1,822,088

Brussels

141,951

1,702,166

Total - All Airports

8,231,627

107,603,581

"The tables and charts depict estimated CO2 output from scheduled commercial aviation at an
origin or destination within the scope of ETS. The data has been generated using methodology for
calculating fuel burn and conversion factors as directed by the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate
Change and ratified using proprietary RDC Aviation Ltd systems. Schedule feeds are taken from
Innovata."

Source Airport Watch