2007 EIS | Environmental Impact Statement for Brisbane Airport's New Parallel Runway |
2018 Health Department Study | The health effects of environmental noise—was commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Health (2018) |
2023 draft EIS | Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport—Airspace and flight path design, Draft Environmental Impact Statement (June 2023) |
AAA | Australian Airports Association |
AAB | Brisbane Airport Community Airspace Advisory Board |
ACCC | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
AFAP | Australian Federation of Air Pilots |
Aircraft noise regulations | Air Navigation (Aircraft Noise) Regulations 2018 |
Airports | airport-lessee companies |
Airports Act | Airports Act 1996 (Cth) |
airport corporation/WSA Co | Western Sydney Airport Corporation |
Airservices | Airservices Australia |
Airservices Act | Airservices Act 1995 (Cth) |
ANEF | Australian Noise Exposure Forecast |
ANEI | Australian Noise Exposure Index |
ANO | Aircraft Noise Ombudsman |
ANO investigation | Investigation into complaints about the introduction of new flight paths in Hobart, conducted by the Aircraft Noise Ombudsman (2018) |
ANSP | Air Navigation Service Providers |
AONB | Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty |
APA | Australian Pacific Airports (and its subsidiary APA (Melbourne)) |
BAC | Brisbane Airport Corporation |
BACACG | Brisbane Airport Community Aviation Consultation Group |
BAE-146 | British Aerospace 146 |
BAPAF | Brisbane Airport Post Implementation Review Advisory Forum |
BFPCA | Brisbane Flight Path Community Alliance |
BMCS | Blue Mountains Conservation Society |
CAA | United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority |
CAAA | Community Aviation Alliance Australia |
CACG | Melbourne Airport Community Aviation Consultation Group |
CASA | Civil Aviation Safety Authority |
CCO | Continuous Climb Operations |
CDO | Continuous Descent Operations |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
CES | Airservices Community Engagement Standard |
CNIS | Commonwealth Noise Insulation Scheme |
committee | Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee |
Community Engagement Standard | Airservices Community Engagement Standard for Flight Path and Airspace Change Proposals |
Cth | Commonwealth |
dB | decibels |
DCCEEW/Environment department | Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
Deloitte Report | Economic impact of a curfew at Western Sydney International Airport, prepared by Deloitte Access Economics in October 2022 |
Department/ Infrastructure Department/DITRDCA | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts |
DITRDCA/Infrastructure Department/department | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts |
Drones | Uncrewed traffic |
DVCA | Dingley Village Community Association |
Echo Point | Aboriginal Place of the Three Sisters |
EIS | Environmental Impact Statement |
EMG | East Melbourne Group |
Emirates | Emirates Airline |
Environment department/DCCEEW | Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
Environment Minister | Minister for Environment |
EPBC Act | Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) |
FAA | United States Federal Aviation Administration |
Flight Path Opponents Group | Carlton River, Primrose Sands and Forcett Flight Path Opponents Group |
FOI | Freedom of Information requests |
FoWSA | Forum on Western Sydney Airport |
FTE | Full time equivalent |
GBMWHA | Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area |
GDP | Gross domestic product |
IATA | International Air Transport Association |
ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organisation |
Infrastructure Department/department/DITRDCA | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts |
Infrastructure Minister/Transport Minister | Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government |
KSA | Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport |
LAeq | energy equivalent noise level |
Levies Act | Aircraft Noise Levy Collection Act 1995 (Cth) |
LTOP | Sydney Airport Long Term Operating Plan |
MAEO | Melbourne Airport Environs Overlay |
MDP | Major Development Plans |
MNES | Matters of National Environmental Significance database |
NAL | Australia's National Acoustic Laboratories |
NAP | Noise Abatement Procedures |
NASF | National Airports Safeguarding Framework |
NASAG | National Airports Safeguarding Advisory Group |
NCIS | Noise Complaints and Information Service |
NFPMS | Airservices' Noise and Flight Path Monitoring System |
NFSCS Review | Review of the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy |
NGO | Non-government organisation |
NIPA | Noise Insulation and Property Acquisition Policy |
NOS | Aircraft Operations National Operating Standard |
NPR | Brisbane Airport's New Parallel Runway |
NSW | New South Wales |
NSW EPA | NSW Environmental Protection Authority |
PACF | Perth Airport Community Forum |
PBN | Performance Based Navigation |
PIR | Post Implementation Review (Airservices) |
QEAS | Queensland Economic Advocacy Solutions |
RAAA | Regional Aviation Association of Australia |
RAWSA | Residents Against Western Sydney Airport |
RIS | Retirement Incentive Scheme |
RMO | Runway Modes of Operation |
RNAV | area navigation approach (also known as the long approach) |
RNP | required navigation performance |
RRAT | Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport |
SACF | Sydney Airport Community Forum |
SADM Act | Sydney Airport Demand Management Act 1997 |
SID | Standard Instrument Departure |
STAR | Standard Instrument Arrival |
SODPROPS | Simultaneous Opposite Direction Parallel Runway Operations |
Sydney Curfew Act | Sydney Airport Curfew Act 1995 |
the Direction | Air Services (Use of Simultaneous Opposite Direction Parallel Runway Operations at Brisbane Airport) Direction 2024 |
TIBA | Traffic Information Broadcast by Aircraft |
Transport Minister/Infrastructure Minister | Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government |
UK | United Kingdom |
US | United States |
White paper | Aviation White Paper |
WHO | World Health Organisation |
WSA Co/the airport corporation | Western Sydney Airport Corporation |
WSI | Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport |
WSROC | Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils |