From the construction of an airport to a fully functioning airport there are numerous sources of air pollution. To start with, construction of the airport is in itself a huge project. An international airport or the major domestic airports have huge land requirements and undergo intense construction activities. The construction activities generate air particulate pollution whose monitoring and control are necessary as discussed here. However, post-construction emissions are also significantly high that can cause potential threats to the civilians in the nearby vicinity. Airport air quality monitoring is crucial because the aircraft emissions during taxing, take-off and climb to 3000 feet generate air pollutants which affect the ground-level air pollution also known as boundary layer pollution. The Landing and Take-Off cycles (LTO) contributes maximum to the ambient air pollution. Constant vehicular activities caused by taxis, buses, and private vehicles further deteriorates the ambient air quality. The air pollution caused due to these activities greatly endangers the lives of people residing near the airport. Prolonged exposure to constant noise and air pollution causes both physical and mental illness which may turn into permanent damage. Airports are also prone to fugitive dust emissions due to dust storms or long-distance dust dispersions. For regions near the desert, barren lands, with little vegetation, air particulate concentration tend to breach the ambient air quality standards which not only can be harmful to the passengers but also reduce the visibility resulting in riskier landing and take-off of airplanes. Oizom has deployed a network of low-cost sensors, PolludroneTM at Riyadh King Khalid International Airport which is the second largest airport in Saudi Arabia. Due to frequent dust storms, the particulate matter concentration increased alarmingly which can cause acute asthma to the passengers. Polludrone monitored major pollutants like PM1, PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, O3, H2S, CO, CO2, and other parameters like Noise, Temperature, Humidity and Wind speed, wind direction. The authorities took corrective actions after analyzing the real-time data. It increased flight safety while taking off and landing. Oizom’s Polludrone can automate and optimize air ventilation improves the interior air quality of the airports.

1. AIRPORT AIR QUALITY
MONITORING FOR SMART
AIRPORTS
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2. Global air travel has increased
tremendously in the last decade with
easier domestic and intercontinental
travel.
According to the World Bank, 4.233
billion passengers globally travelled
through airplanes.
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3. Activities like:
- Construction of airports
- Taxiing
- Constant vehicular activities caused by
taxis, buses, and private vehicles
- Landings and take-offs, etc.
Fugitive dust emissions are caused due to
dust storms or long-distance dust
dispersions.
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4. The most common pollutants are:
- carbon monoxide
- unburnt hydrocarbons
- nitrogen oxides
- particulate matter
- secondary pollutants such as ground-
level ozone and smog.
Severely deteriorated air quality causes
various pulmonary diseases, reduces
visibility, and affects the physical and
mental health of the nearby citizens.
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5. HEALTH EFFECTS
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Severely deteriorated air quality causes:
- various pulmonary diseases (Like
Asthma)
- reduces visibility
- and affects the physical and mental
health of the nearby citizens.
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6. AIR QUALITY MONITORING
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A network of ambient air monitoring
devices such as Oizom’s PolludroneTM
is deployed at the runways and
periphery of the airport to continuously
monitor the concerned pollutants.

7. SMART AIRPORTS
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The airport is turned into a ‘smart and
efficient airports’ through automated
indoor air ventilation, automated dust
suppressors, road surface conditions, etc.
Mitigation strategies can be easily
planned through airport monitoring for
emission reduction, engine modifications,
fuel alternatives, etc.
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8. Warnings can be issued through display
screens and mobile alerts about poor air
quality.
Visibility monitoring through particulate
monitoring integrated with weather data
measured by Oizom’s WeathercomTM
ensures safer landings and take-offs.
Dispersion modeling can be carried out.
SMART AIRPORTS
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9. Airport Air Quality
Monitoring for Smart
Airports leads to a
sustainable pollution-free
future.
SMART AIRPORTS
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