Noise Mapping for Bavarian Airports in 2017 and 2022

Environmental noise calculation results for Munich and Nuremberg airports from two distinct mapping exercises. The 2017 mapping used the Preliminary Calculation Method for Ambient Noise at Aerodromes (VBUF) with a 2015 reference year, while the 2022 mapping employed the Aerodrome Ambient Noise Calculation Method (BUF) with a 2021 reference year. This data is provided as a Web Map Service (WMS) by the German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy.

Use Cases

• Compare noise exposure changes between 2017 and 2022 based on the two distinct calculation methods mentioned.
• Analyze spatial noise distribution around Munich and Nuremberg airports using the geospatial WMS service.
• Model the impact of different noise calculation methodologies (VBUF vs. BUF) on environmental assessments.
• Support policy development for noise mitigation around airports based on standardized mapping results.

Strengths

• Provides noise data for two major German airports (Munich and Nuremberg).
• Includes results from two distinct time points (2017 and 2022) using different calculation standards.
• Data originates from the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, a German federal authority.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Collection Method

Calculated environmental noise mappings using the VBUF (2017) and BUF (2022) methods.

Time Range

Reference years 2015 and 2021, with mappings from 2017 and 2022.

Geography

Bavarian airports of Munich and Nuremberg, Germany.