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ACP1301
publications relating to 2013 Changes to Gatwick departures (RNAV 1 SIDS)
ACP1505
publications relating to London Airspace Management Programme (LAMP) Phase 1a
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Title
Status
as at Date
CAA Paper 2007/02
Visualisation of Offshore Gas Turbine Gas Plumes
Current
29 October 2007
CAA Paper 2007/03
Helicopter Flight in Degraded Visual Conditions
Current
21 September 2007
CAA Paper 2008/02
Offshore Helideck Environmental Research
Current
May 2009
CAA Paper 2008/03
Helideck Design Considerations - Environmental Effects
Current
July 2009
CAP 2156a
Airspace change masterplan - CAA acceptance criteria
Current
15 December 2022
CAP 2156b
Airspace change masterplan – assessment framework
Current
15 December 2022
CAP 2398
Aircraft Noise and Health Effects: A six-month update
Current
21 November 2022
CAP 764
Policy and Guidelines on Wind Turbines
Current
February 2016
CAP 775
Air Services at UK Regional Airports: An Update on Developments
Current
15 November 2007
CAP 796
Flying on Business – a Study of the UK Business Air Travel Market
Current
November 2011
CAP1040
Response to the Airports Commission Discussion Paper 3: Aviation and Climate Change
Current
May 2013
CAP1099
CAA Response to the Airports Commission: Discussion Paper 5, Aviation Noise
Current
September 2013
CAP1117
CAP 1117 Heathrow Airport Operational Freedoms Trial: The Civil Aviation Authority’s supplementary views on Heathrow Airport’s end-of-trial report
Current
18 October 2013
CAP1119
Environmental charging - Review of impact of noise and NOx landing charges
Current
15 October 2013
CAP1129
Noise Envelopes
Current
13 December 2013
CAP1143
The Civil Aviation Authority’s policy for carrying out its information duties under the Civil Aviation Act 2012
Current
16 January 2014
CAP1148
CAP 1037 - Better information about UK aviation: summary of consultation responses
Current
16 January 2014
CAP1149
Noise monitor positions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports
Current
12 October 2023
CAP1163
Environment Programme 2014 - 2016
Current
July 2014
CAP1164
Aircraft noise, sleep disturbance and health effects
Review Comment:
The work reported herein was carried out under a Letter of Agreement placed on 4 April 2013 by the Department for Transport. Any views expressed are not necessarily those of the Secretary of State for Transport.
Current
June 2014
CAP1191
Noise data for the first 17 months of Boeing 787 operations at Heathrow airport
Current
25 July 2014
CAP1204
Study on the population trends in the vicinity of ten UK civil airports
Current
2 February 2017
CAP1233
Prioritisation Principles for the CAA’s Consumer Protection, Competition Law and Economic Regulation Work
Current
12 May 2015
CAP1246
Accuracy of data in the Gatwick Noise and Track Keeping System
Current
December 2014
CAP1263
CAA response to the Airports Commission consultation, Increasing the UK’s long-term aviation capacity
Current
3 February 2015
CAP1278
Aircraft noise and health effects: Recent findings
Current
30 March 2016
CAP1306
CAA Response to the Airports Commission Air Quality Assessment Paper
Current
9 June 2015
CAP1346
Report of the CAA’s Post Implementation Review of the Implementation of RNAV-1 Standard Instrument Departures at Gatwick Airport
Current
18 November 2015
CAP1346 A1R1
Annex 1 to CAP 1346: PIR route 1 analysis
Current
11 November 2015
CAP1346 A1R2
Annex 1 to CAP 1346: PIR route 2 analysis
Current
11 November 2015
CAP1346 A1R3
Annex 1 to CAP 1346: PIR route 3 analysis
Current
11 November 2015
CAP1346 A1R4
Annex 1 to CAP 1346: PIR route 4 analysis
Current
11 November 2015
CAP1346 A1R5
Annex 1 to CAP 1346: PIR route 5 analysis
Current
11 November 2015
CAP1346 A1R6
Annex 1 to CAP 1346: PIR route 6 analysis
Current
11 November 2015
CAP1346 A1R7
Annex 1 to CAP 1346: PIR route 7 analysis
Current
11 November 2015
CAP1346 A1R8
Annex 1 to CAP 1346: PIR route 8 analysis
Current
11 November 2015
CAP1346 A1R9
Annex 1 to CAP 1346: PIR route 9 analysis
Current
11 November 2015
CAP1346 A2
Annex 2 to CAP 1346: PIR Environmental Analysis report
Current
11 November 2015
CAP1346 A3
Annex 3 to CAP 1346: PIR Operational and Technical report
Current
11 November 2015
CAP1346 A4
Annex 4 to CAP 1346: PIR Correspondence Assessment
Current
11 November 2015
CAP1346 A5
Annex 5 to CAP 1346: PIR Correspondence database
Current
11 November 2015
CAP1346 A6
Annex 6 to CAP 1346: CAA IFP Recommendations report
Current
11 November 2015
CAP1363
Climate change adaption report
Current
22 December 2015
CAP1378
Airspace Design Guidance: Noise Mitigation Considerations when Designing PBN Departure and Arrival Procedures
Review Comment:
Refines some diagrams to ensure clarity: option 1b and Annex B Figure B3 have been updated.
Current
18 April 2016
CAP1428
Impacts of space weather on aviation
Current
27 October 2020
CAP1465
CAA response following consultation on proposals for a revised airspace change process
Current
21 October 2016
CAP1498
Definition of overflight
Current
28 March 2017
CAP1506
Survey of Noise Attitudes 2014: Aircraft Noise and Annoyance, Second Edition
Current
22 July 2021
CAP1506a
The 2014 Survey of Noise Attitudes (SoNA) Technical Report (final report)
Current
22 July 2021
CAP1506b
SoNA 2014: Data Files
Current
22 July 2021
CAP1506c
SoNA 2014: Aircraft Noise and Annoyance Peer Review
Current
22 July 2021
CAP1506d
SoNa 2014: Technical Peer Review
Current
22 July 2021
CAP1524
Information on aviation's environmental impact
Current
29 March 2017
CAP1554
Review of Arrival Noise Controls
Current
21 July 2017
CAP1576
Environmental charging - review of impact of noise and NOx landing charges: update 2017
Review Comment:
Version 1.1 corrects a paragraph reference in paragraph 3.72.
Current
27 July 2017
CAP1588
Aircraft Noise and Annoyance: Recent findings
Current
22 February 2018
CAP1593
Guidance for NERL in preparing its Business Plan for Reference Period 3: Consultation document
Current
29 September 2017
CAP1615
Outcome of the CAA consultation on draft airspace design guidance
Current
13 December 2017
CAP1616
Airspace change: Guidance on the regulatory process for changing the notified airspace design and planned and permanent redistribution of air traffic, and on providing airspace information
Current
1 March 2021
CAP1616a
CAP 1616a Airspace Change: Environmental requirements technical annex
Current
22 January 2020
CAP1616c
Airspace change guidance: changes made in the third edition of CAP 1616
Current
22 January 2020
CAP1618
Airspace Design: Unusual aerial activities published in the UK AIP
Current
13 December 2017
CAP1619
Airspace Design: guidelines on moderation of consultation responses
Current
13 December 2017
CAP1625
Guidance for NERL in preparing its business plan for Reference Period 3
Current
9 January 2018
CAP1691
Departure Noise Mitigation: Main Report
Current
27 July 2018
CAP1691a
Departure Noise Mitigation: Summary Report
Current
27 July 2018
CAP1691b
Departure Noise Mitigation: Phases of a departure
Current
27 July 2018
CAP1713
Aircraft Noise and Health Effects: Annual update (April 2018 – April 2019)
Current
24 May 2019
CAP1731
Aviation Strategy – Noise Forecast and Analyses
Review Comment:
Version 2 includes correction of Luton airport noise metric results for 2025, 2030, 2040 and 2050. The effect on the overall findings is summarised in the Revision History.
Current
28 February 2019
CAP1733
Noise data for the first three years of Airbus A350 operations at Heathrow airport
Current
28 January 2019
CAP1748
Results from CAA Noise Impact Survey
Current
19 March 2019
CAP1766
Emerging Aircraft Technologies and their potential noise impacts
Current
1 March 2019
CAP1767
An investigation into the influence of background ambient noise levels on attitudes to aircraft noise
Current
28 February 2019
CAP1841
Aircraft Noise and Health Effects: A six-month update (April 2019 – September 2019)
Current
23 October 2019
CAP1867
Airspace change: outcome of the consultation on a decision-making process for PPR (planned and permanent redistribution of air traffic) proposals
Current
20 December 2019
CAP1869
Quota Count validation study at Heathrow Airport
Current
31 January 2020
CAP1875A
Interim Response to CAA Consultation on Minimum Standards for Noise Modelling
Current
25 January 2021
CAP1875B
Consultation on Definition of Category D for Minimum Standards for Noise Modelling
Current
25 January 2021
CAP1875c
Response and Decision following CAA’s Consultation on the Definition of Category D for Minimum Standards for Noise Modelling
Current
6 September 2021
CAP1878
Flight path accuracy of the Gatwick Noise and Track Keeping System
Current
12 March 2020
CAP1883
Aircraft Noise and Health Effects: A six-month update (September 2019 – March 2020)
Current
31 March 2020
CAP1900
Social Licence to Operate: Concept Guide for New Technologies
Current
6 March 2020
CAP1904
Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystems Duty Report 2019
Current
18 March 2020
CAP1971
Aircraft Noise and Health Effects – a six monthly update (March 2020 – September 2020)
Current
26 October 2020
CAP1979
Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 Section 36 The Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystems Duty Report 2020
Current
6 October 2020
CAP1985
UK General Aviation opportunities after leaving EASA – a consultation
Current
10 November 2020
CAP2091
CAA Policy on Minimum Standards for Noise Modelling
Current
25 January 2021
CAP2092
CAA Policy on Secretary of State Call In for Airspace Change Proposals
Current
25 January 2021
CAP2113
Aircraft Noise and Health Effects: A six-month update (September 2020 - March 2021)
Current
20 April 2021
CAP2128
Aircraft movements, fleet mix and noise quota usage at Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted
Current
12 October 2023
CAP2161
Survey of Noise Attitudes 2014: Aircraft Noise and Sleep Disturbance
Current
22 July 2021
CAP2161a
SoNA 2014: Aircraft Noise and Sleep Disturbance Peer Review
Current
22 July 2021
CAP2205
Deliberative research on the provision of environmental information to consumers
Current
16 July 2021
CAP2240
UK Annual Safety Review 2019
Current
19 August 2021
CAP2247
UK Annual Safety Review 2020
Current
2 September 2021
CAP2250
Survey of Noise Attitudes 2014: Aircraft Noise and Annoyance, Further Analysis
Current
2 December 2022
CAP2250a
SoNA 2014 Aircraft Noise and Annoyance - Further Analysis - Peer Review
Current
2 December 2022
CAP2250b
SoNA 2014 Technical Peer Review (Phase 2)
Current
2 December 2022
CAP2251
Survey of Noise Attitudes 2014: Aircraft Noise and Sleep Disturbance, Further Analysis
Current
2 December 2022
CAP2251a
CAP2251a SoNA 2014 Aircraft Noise and Sleep - Further Analysis - Peer Review
Current
2 December 2022
CAP2257
Aircraft Noise and Health Effects: A six-month update
Current
6 October 2021
CAP2272
Key Considerations for Airspace Integration within an Urban Air Mobility Landscape
Current
19 October 2021
CAP2296
CAA Response to 2021 Government Consultation on the Future of Transport Regulatory Review: Future of Flight
Current
25 November 2021
CAP2302
A Low Noise Arrival Metric
Current
13 January 2022
CAP2328
Aircraft Noise and Health Effects: A six-month update
Current
4 May 2022
CAP2360
CAA’s environmental sustainability strategy
Current
30 May 2022
CAP2361
CAA’s environmental sustainability strategy – Our areas of work
Current
30 May 2022
CAP2370
Aircraft Noise and Health Effects: An update (2014-2022)
Current
12 December 2022
CAP2381
Appendix C Block A Initial screening checklist
Current
8 July 2022
CAP2404
Outcome of the consultation on a draft Airspace Modernisation Strategy 2022–2040
Current
8 November 2022
CAP2505
Emerging Technologies: The effects of eVTOL aircraft noise on humans
Current
17 March 2023
CAP2506
Noise measurements from eVTOL aircraft: A review of available data
Current
17 March 2023
CAP2517
The Effects of Aircraft Noise on Biodiversity
Current
10 May 2023
CAP2519
Aircraft Noise and Health Effects: A six-month update (September 2022 – March 2023).
Current
10 May 2023
CAP2526
Airspace Change Masterplan: Strategic Environmental Assessment Scoping Report
Current
27 March 2023
CAP2527
Airspace Change Masterplan: Habitats Regulations Screening Report
Current
27 March 2023
CAP2528
Airspace Change Masterplan: Approach to Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitats Regulations Assessment
Current
27 March 2023
CAP2587
Aircraft Noise and Health Effects: A six-month update
Current
31 October 2023
ORS4 No.1502
Noise Exemption for Microlight Aeroplanes
Current
19 August 2021
ORS4 No.1580
Exemption From Classification Provisions of Mpox Virus Not Including Cultures of Mpox
Current
30 June 2023
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