Tri-Cities Airport (PSC) in Pasco, WA is partnering with a wastewater treatment company to conduct an eco-friendly pilot program that uses worms to treat deicing wastewater from its airfield.
The Naples Airport Authority made APF the first airport in Florida to transition its aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicles to fluorine-free foam that does not contain controversial PFAS.
In 2018, Washington state mandated the phased elimination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in firefighting foam for anything other than emergency response. The new state legislation presented a challenge for the Port of Seattle Fire Department.
Sometimes the best path to efficiency and cost-savings is decidedly low-tech. That’s the case for Appleton International Airport (ATW) when it comes to groundskeeping. The central Wisconsin airport is keeping things organic by using a flock of sheep to help tend its offsite wetlands.
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) has wrestled an issue to the ground that other airports throughout the world are still grappling with'the use of fire suppressant foam that contains per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are linked to harmful effects for humans and the environment.
Effective strategies to reduce aircraft noise must be based on accurate information. Whatever the strategy, precise information is always the starting point. To collect the best possible noise data about Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP), the Metropolitan Airports Commission developed a machine learning technology that received a U.S. patent in late February 2023.
When officials at Martha's Vineyard Airport (MVY) became aware that groundwater in and around the airfield may have been contaminated with toxic chemicals from firefighting foam, they took action'even though federal or state regulations did not require it.
Hosting managed bees on or near airport land can help bring awareness to the importance of pollinators and highlight an airport's commitment to supporting local agriculture. On a very literal basis, airport beekeeping is a grass roots initiative that promotes healthy communities from the inside out.
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) has embarked on an initiative to calibrate and quantify the impacts of sustainable design and construction throughout its facilities. Using a formalized framework for assessing sustainability, resiliency and equity in civil infrastructure, PHL is contributing to a sea change in the way infrastructure is understood by the people who understand it best.
A few short years ago, Chris Hastert had heard about PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) but didn't know much about them. By March 2019, he was fully embroiled in the topic. That's when the California Water Board began sending letters to all commercial airports in the state as part of its larger initiative about PFAS contamination in groundwater.
A concerted, collaborative effort has turned empty land at Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport (SFM) in rural Maine into a privately financed 50-megawatt solar farm. The $120 million array, which went live in November 2020, is one of the largest airport-based solar energy farms in the United States, as measured by annual megawatt, alternating current (MWac) production.
