Action by National Air Sport Controls, Individual Clubs and Participants:

The Flying Site

Flying sites should be laid out and operated in an environmentally sustainable fashion by:

• Employing energy-saving measures, and encouraging the introduction of appropriate new technologies.
   
• Appropriate storing, handling and disposal of environmentally threatening substances (oil, petrol, paraffin, paints, chemicals and kitchen, campsite and toilet waste etc).
   
• Restoring temporary flying sites to a suitable environmental state when flying activities are terminated.
   
• Blending permanent flying sites with the surrounding landscape (for example by using site-specific local bushes, shrubs and trees, and by sensitive placing of buildings, engine run-up areas, etc.).
   
• Allowing grass and wild flowers to grow in a predominantly undisturbed fashion on unused parts of the airfield.
   

To assist in addressing queries or complaints from people affected by air sport operations, it can be helpful to set up Airfield Consultative Committees, with representatives from the flying site and from the local community. Further details are given in the ICAO paper "Recommended Measures to help Reduce the Noise Related Nuisance from Light Aeroplanes" listed in the bibliography.

See the Bibliography for this and some other existing sources of useful information.

The Aircraft

Aircraft should be improved when economically feasible to keep pace with advances in energy and noise reduction.