Small airport adoption of environmental practices: A managerial perspective

Grace Harley, Andrew J. Timmis and Lucy Budd
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Grace Harley: Royal Air Force, UK
Andrew J. Timmis: School of Architecture, UK
Lucy Budd: Faculty of Business and Law, UK

Journal of Airport Management, 2024, vol. 18, issue 2, 197-213

Abstract: Although the environmental effects associated with the operation of a small airport may not exceed regulatory thresholds and may be small in comparison to the environmental impacts associated with the operation of large hubs, the combined cumulative environmental impacts of small airports remains considerable and individual sites may aspire to improve their environmental performance. Small airports, however, may struggle to adopt the environmental practices (EP) that enable larger airports to manage and mitigate their externalities. As such, there is an unrealised potential for environmental mitigation at small airports. The aim of this research is to explore the drivers and barriers to EP adoption at small airports. Using in-depth semi-structured interviews with airport managers and environmental officers representing 19 small airports in the UK, this paper identifies and examines the drivers and barriers to EP engagement for small airports. The findings show that although cost can be an issue, human resource availability, levels of management support and local site-specific factors often pose the biggest challenges to EP adoption. Policy and practice-based recommendations to support small airport engagement with EPs are offered in the conclusion.

Keywords: small airports; environmental impacts; environmental practices (EPs); environmental management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 M10 R4 R40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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