With
the opening of a new airport in Bangkok the issue of airport noise is of great
interest to Bangkok's noise beleaguered inhabitants. Quiet Bangkokian has
stumbled across a potential mine of information on this topic, the website of
Boeing Corporation which may be accessed among the links to be found in the
right hand column of this blog. This precious website gives noise data on
airports throughout the world.
The
only problem is that this invaluable database contains little information on
Bangkok airport. The following extract is indicative of the content:
Noise Monitoring System -
NONE
Flight Track Monitoring System -
NONE
Noise Level Limits - NONE
Noise Level Limits - NONE
Well, what did we expect? It seems that Thailand has not
set any limits to airport noise or made any investment for its limitation. For
that matter, the governments of Malaysia, Singapore, and Manila are equally
neglectful of the sensitivity of their citizens to aircraft noise!
To dream of what might be, compare the complex system of noise limitation at Charles de Gaulle airport!
To dream of what might be, compare the complex system of noise limitation at Charles de Gaulle airport!