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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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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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