Terminal area noise management system and method

A terminal area noise management system comprising machine instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the machine instructions, when executed, causing a processor to:

• receive airplane information from a plurality of airlines, each airline having one or more airplanes operating in a terminal area of an airport;
• access a plurality of terminal area flight paths available to the each of the one or more airplanes for each of the plurality of airlines;
• estimate a plurality of airplane noise profiles, one estimated noise profile for each of the one or more airplanes for each of the plurality of airlines for each of the plurality of terminal area flight paths;
• receive a noise sharing scheme for a region in proximity to the terminal area;
• calculate a plurality of airplane operational efficiency values, one or more of the calculated airplane operational efficiency values for each of the one or more airplanes for each of the plurality of airlines for each of the plurality of terminal area flight paths;
• calculate a plurality of cumulative operational measures using each of the calculated operational efficiency values for each of the plurality of airlines;
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• select a terminal area flight path for each of the plurality of airplanes based on the cumulative operational measures and the noise sharing scheme.

A method for managing effects on populations of noise emitted from a plurality of airplanes flying in a terminal area of an airport, each of the plurality of airplanes belonging to one of a plurality of airlines, the method, comprising:

• a processor receiving an identity of and information from for each of the plurality of airplanes, from each of the plurality of airlines, expected to fly in the terminal area;
• the processor receiving a terminal area primary flight path and one or more terminal area secondary flight paths for each of the plurality of airplanes from each of the plurality of airlines;
• using the information for each of the plurality of airplanes from each of the plurality of airlines, the processor determining expected emitted noise values and operational efficiency values for each of the plurality of airplanes from each of the plurality of airlines along each of the terminal area primary and the one or more terminal area secondary flight paths;
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• equalizing an operational burden on each of the plurality of airlines by the processor assigning individual airplanes to one of the terminal area primary and the one or more terminal area secondary flight paths to share operational efficiency values among the plurality of airlines.