It can be stopped
People like you around the world are working to stop the harm to their health, safety and security from new runways. Why not join them?
Airport expansions and new runway plans are no longer being allowed to ignore the cost of the emissions and the noise they create. Airport expansions are being protested, paused and stopped. People power led to a curfew and capacity caps being applied to Sydney and Adelaide Airports. It has also long delayed and may yet block the third runway at Heathrow.
In the climate emergency, stopping airport expansions is like stopping an arsonist during a bushfire.
Airports push back
Global
Airports Council International
Airports Council International assesses airport disruptions caused by activism
https://aci.aero/2022/03/14/airport-disruptions-caused-by-activism/
Airport expansions protested
India
Surat Airport
Farmers protest move to acquire 700 acres for expansion of Surat airport
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/surat/farmers-protest-move-to-acquire-700-acres-for-expansion-of-surat-airport-7795447/
Australia
Melbourne Airport
• Calls for expert panel to study noise impacts of proposed third runway at Melbourne airport
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/16/calls-for-expert-panel-to-study-noise-impacts-of-proposed-third-runway-at-melbourne-airport
• Melbourne residents call for independent review into third runway
https://australianaviation.com.au/2022/03/melbourne-residents-call-for-independent-review-into-third-runway
UK
Gatwick Airport
• Government urged to block Gatwick expansion plans
https://www.endsreport.com/article/1829415/government-urged-block-gatwick-airport-expansion-plans
• Gatwick second runway protesters rally against airport’s expansion proposals
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/gatwick-second-runway-protesters-rally-21512572.amp
Bristol Airport
• Bristol airport protesters: “We are watching you”
https://www.bristol247.com/climate/news-climate/bristol-airport-protestors-we-are-watching-you/
• The case of Bristol Airport exposes the gaping flaw in national planning guidance
https://www.bristol247.com/opinion/your-say/the-case-of-bristol-airport-exposes-the-gaping-flaw-in-national-planning-guidance/
• Bristol Airport expansion plan ‘disastrous’ for the climate
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-60233982
• Climate campaigners stage online protest against Gatwick Airport expansion plans
https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/sussex/news/climate-campaigners-stage-online-protest-against-gatwick-airport-expansion-plans/
Liverpool Airport
• Liverpool Airport’s expansion master plan to be reviewed on environmental grounds
https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/reports/liverpool-airports-expansion-master-plan-to-be-reviewed-on-environmental-grounds-596607
• Liverpool Airport future expansion plans in doubt
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-60149341
Luton Airport
• Campaigners hit back at latest plans for expansion of London Luton Airport
https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/business/campaigners-hit-back-at-latest-plans-for-expansion-of-london-luton-airport-3559043
Portugal
• The Portuguese government wants to build a new airport; environmentalists want climate justice
https://www.equaltimes.org/the-portuguese-government-wants-to?lang=en#.YNra8C0Rrpk
France
• La ZAD: Another End of the World Is Possible: Learning from 50 Years of Struggle at Notre-Dame-des-Landes
https://crimethinc.com/2018/04/09/la-zad-another-end-of-the-world-is-possible-learning-from-50-years-of-struggle-at-notre-dame-des-landes
Spain
Barcelona Airport
• Thousands protest in Barcelona against airport expansion
https://www.catalannews.com/catalan-news-tv/item/thousands-protest-in-barcelona-against-airport-expansion
Airport expansions paused
UK
• Halt airport expansion say Government’s climate advisers and AEF
https://www.aef.org.uk/2023/06/28/halt-airport-expansion-say-governments-climate-advisors/
Bristol Airport
Bristol Airport expansion case highlights loopholes in national climate policy, say campaigners
Liverpool Airport
• Expansion master plan to be reviewed on environmental grounds
https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/reports/liverpool-airports-expansion-master-plan-to-be-reviewed-on-environmental-grounds-596607
Europe
Lelystad Airport
• Airport might be required to reduce flight numbers because nitrogen oxide emissions are too high
pledgetimes.com/minister-rejects-nitrogen-calculation-at-lelystad-airport-and-schiphol
• Minister rejects nitrogen calculation at Lelystad Airport and Schiphol
https://pledgetimes.com/minister-rejects-nitrogen-calculation-at-lelystad-airport-and-schiphol/
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
Netherlands
Schipol Airport
• Airport might be required to reduce flight numbers because nitrogen oxide emissions are too high
https://nos.nl/artikel/2408710-grote-zorgen-kabinet-over-schiphol-aantal-vluchten-mogelijk-fors-omlaag (via Google Translate)
France Marseille Provence Airport
• Expansion stalled on climate grounds
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2019/07/30/marseille-airport-expansion-stalled-climate-grounds/
North America
Oregon Aurora Airport
• Proposed runway extension violates state land use laws
https://www.statesmanjournal.com
Airport expansions stopped
Austria
Vienna Airport
Climate change concerns prompt court to block Vienna Airport expansion
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15022017/climate-change-vienna-airport-paris-climate-agreement-james-hansen/
China
• Four airports stopped from expanding
https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/07/01/these-airport-expansion-projects-were-scrapped-due-to-environmental-concerns
India
Dolu Greenfield Airport
• Administration’s second attempt to demarcation of land for Greenfield Airport fails, protest swells
https://www.barakbulletin.com/en_US/administrations-second-attempt-to-demarcation-of-land-for-greenfield-airport-fails-protest-swells/
Nepal
Nijgadh Airport
• Supreme court halts construction of multi-billion dollar Nijgadh Airport
https://kathmandupost.com/money/2022/05/26/supreme-court-halts-construction-of-multi-billion-dollar-nijgadh-airport
UK
Leeds Bradford Airport
• Leeds Bradford Airport scraps plans for new £150m terminal
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-60691001
Airport protest groups
Australia
Melbourne Airport Community Action Group
nohashtag.org
Residents against Western Sydney Airport (RAWSA)
https://www.birdsnotboeings.com
Brisbane Flight Path Community Alliance (BFPCA)
https://bfpca.org.au/we-are-bfpca/
Community Aviation Alliance Australia (CAAA)
https://flounder-onion-zfzw.squarespace.com/
UK
Bristol Airport
Stop Bristol Airport Expansion
https://www.stopbristolairportexpansion.org
BAAN Bristol Airport Action Network
https://bristolairportactionnetwork.wordpress.com
Gatwick Airport
Communities Against Gatwick Noise Emission
https://cagne.org
Heathrow Airport
No 3rd Runway Coalition
https://www.no3rdrunwaycoalition.co.uk
Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise (HACAN)
https://hacan.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/150121-Environmental-Impact-of-Heathrow.pdf
Newcastle Airport
Action on aviation
https://www.aircraftnoiseaction.com/
UK Noise Association
http://www.ukna.org.uk
Aviation Environment Federation
aef.org.uk
Europe
Amsterdam Schipol Airport
Schipol Watch
https://schipholwatch.nl
North America
Oakland Airport
Stop OAK Expansion Coalition
https://www.stopoakexpansion.org
Global
Airport dispute Atlas
Map of Airport-related Injustice and Resistance
https://stay-grounded.org/map/
Global Anti-Aerotropolis Movement
The Global Anti-Aerotropolis Movement (GAAM) of environmental and climate justice campaigners, aviation and tourism critics, human rights activists, and other concerned citizens and groups raisees public awareness and takes action on socially and ecologically harmful mega-airport development projects.
https://antiaero.org/
Stay Grounded
Global network of more than 170 member organisations, among them local airport opposition and climate justice groups, NGOs, trade unions, initiatives fostering alternatives to aviation like night trains, and organisations supporting communities which struggle against offset projects or biofuel plantations. Also individual activists, academics, trade unionists and interested people can contribute to the network
stay-grounded.org
Campaigning guides
European Union Against Aircraft Nuisance (UECNA)
How to organise a successful campaign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m38m9TWqv-w
