AIRPORT Noise RANKING OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Water Qualityitry Current and Future Air Quality Compatibility with Land-use limitations None Applicable Wetlands Most serious problem currently Most serious problem in future Source: GAOs survey of the nations 50 busiest commercial service airports @2003 Waitz (GAO,2000)3Noise None applicable Compatibility with nearby land uses Air quality Most serious problem currently Most serious problem in the future Wetlands AIRPORT 29 Noise 22 RANKING OF ENVIRONMENTAL 12 Water quality ISSUES Water Quality 6 6 Current and Future Air Quality 16 Compatibility with 2 Land-use limitations 4 1 None Applicable 0 0 Wetlands 2 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Number of airports Most serious problem currently Most serious problem in future Source: GAO’s survey of the nation’s 50 busiest commercial service airports. © 2003 Waitz (GAO, 2000) 3