Major Airport Noise Levels in the UK, Including Day-Evening-Night Metrics
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Description
OpenDataNI provides noise level data for major UK airports, such as Belfast International Airport. The data includes metrics like Lden (day-evening-night level), Lnight, Lday, Levening, and LAeq,16hr. It was last updated on 2026-03-18 and is available in multiple formats including CSV, JSON, and geospatial files (KML, SHP, GEOJSON).
Use Cases
Modeling noise exposure and its health impacts based on Lden and Lnight metrics.
Mapping noise pollution contours around airports using the provided geospatial data formats.
Assessing compliance with noise regulations by comparing Lday, Levening, and LAeq,16hr levels.
Conducting time-series analysis of airport noise trends if temporal data is available.
Strengths
Data is provided in multiple formats (JSON, KML, CSV, SHP, GEOJSON, HTML) for flexibility.
Includes specific, standardized noise metrics (Lden, Lnight, Lday, Levening, LAeq,16hr).
Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, facilitating open use.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the uk_data platform.
Provenance
Source
OpenDataNI
Freshness
Last updated 2026-03-18 11:22:30.605178; freshness should be verified.
Geography
United Kingdom, includes Belfast International Airport.
License is OGL-UK-3.0; users should review its terms for attribution and reuse requirements.