Non-CO2 Emissions and Contrail Footprints in Business Aviation
4AIR conducted a first-of-its-kind study on business aviation's impact on non-CO2 emissions, focusing on contrails and NOx, revealing that a majority of contrail emissions and warming impact stemmed from a smaller subset of flights, utilizing data from 16,888 flights.
Contrails in 2023: Their Environmental Impact and Emerging Regulations
To be truly climate neutral and reduce the complete impact aviation, the industry must comprehensively consider its entire footprint. Contrails and non-CO2 emissions make up to 2/3rds of aviation’s warming impact.