12 FACTS about London City Airport

• Failed to take actual reliable noise readings from 2000 to 2008

• Failed to take reliable air readings from 2000 to 2008
• Since 2006 the airport has been exceeding their air traffic movement limit of 76,000, steadily climbing to almost 100,000
• Failed to have an efficient and accurate complaints system
• Consistently deceived the community by providing incorrect and partial misinformation.
• Noise mitigation programme years behind schedule
• Noise mitigation eligibility: Only homes built or given approval after 1997 are eligible for noise management – this excludes around 99% of homes in projected noise contours.
• 46,000 additional residents across 3 boroughs will be bought into the noise contours, 100,000s of residents will be affected beyond the contour
• An estimated 1000 family homes in Greenwich will be in the extended public safety zone (crash zone)
• Drew Road Primary School is less than 200 yards from the airport terminal
• The airport is situated in the most densely populated area of the whole country
• Aviation is the fastest growing source of C02 emissions and if it continues at it's current rate will use up all the Climate Bill emission allowance, even with using carbon credits
  The climate bill accepts the effect of greenhouse gases on our environment – aviation is ignoring it and is being given preferential treatment in doing so.
  

London City Airports Most Polluting Routes On Map

For the first time, you are able to see the amount of harmful emissions which London City Airport routes create over Europe on a map here. You can also see London City Airports Top 10 destinations by passengers.

The map shows the flight paths for LONDON CITY in 2008. Note that this does not take into account non-passenger air movements or any factors that would make emissions on a given route higher than normal (per passenger mile). For airports with large amounts of freight or non-commercial aviation the numbers will be higher than this total.

The total amount of CO2 emissions from London City Airport passenger flights in 2008 was 94454.86 tonnes.

Just how many of those trips could have been made by a less polluting rail trip? Quite a few by the appearance, especially Edinburgh. We'll be doing a follow up on the alternatives later on in the month.

Please consider TRAIN over PLANE if rail is an alternative.