​​​​​​​​​Environmental impact assessment of Kasteli new airport​

​Country: Greece

​Region: Crete Island – Prefecture of Heraklion
Duration: January - February 2009
Client: HELLENIC REPUBLIC, Ministry of Infrastructures, Transportations and Networks, Special Service of Public Works, Construction Designs, Concession Projects of Peloponnese, Wide Patras Bypass  ​

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Main characteristics:

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• ​Servicing of the domestic and international traffic that is currently serviced by the existing Heraklion airport as well as of the one developed in the future
• Securing comfort servicing for more than 5.5 million passengers per year
• Use by the aircraft types currently used in Heraklion airport as well as by bigger aircrafts either already used or to be used, such as Boeing 747 – 400, 747 – 8 and Airbus 380
• Contribution to the reduction of pressures by the anthropogenic environment currently affecting the city of Heraklion by the operation of N. Kazantzakis operation
• Contribution to the further development of all activities in Crete and the upgrading of its geopolitical position  

Important environmental issues: ​
 

• Assessment of noise propagation from the aircrafts
• Assessment of the air pollutant dispersion from the aircrafts
• Assessment of changes of the land uses
• Solid and liquid waste management

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