Measures to reduce pollutant emissions from taxiing aircraft at Belgrade airport

Abstract

This paper presents the analysis o f measures to reduce pollutant emissions o f taxiing aircraft at Belgrade Airport, motivated by one o f the Flighpath 2050 goals that aircraft movements should be emission-free when taxiing. Fuel burn and pollutant emissions are quantified for basic scenario for year 2019, and compared to three alternative scenarios: single engine taxiing, dispatch towing and electric taxiing. For a mid-size airport like Belgrade Airport the priority should be given to single engine taxi procedure because it is not associated with additional implementation costs, unlike the other two scenarios; and estimated benefit is only somewhat smaller compared to electric taxiing case and almost the same as in dispatch towing case.

Keywords

• airport
• aircraft taxiing
• pollutant emission
• fuel burn