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Farnborough Airport Gets Greener with New Carbon Standard

The London-area business aviation airport achieved carbon neutrality in 2018 and has since increased steps to minimize its environmental footprint.

Hydrotreated vegetable oil fuel truck at Farnborough Airport. — The use of hydrotreated vegetable oil instead of diesel in ground vehicles is one of the carbon-reduction measures taken by Farnborough Airport in the UK. (Image: Farnborough Airport)

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

July 24, 2023

The Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) scheme has awarded the UK's Farnborough Airport as Level 4+, the highest level of accreditation for carbon management at ACA. In 2018, the privately owned facility became the first business aviation airport to achieve ACA’s Level 3+ carbon-neutral status.

Last July, Farnborough Airport committed to reaching net-zero controllable carbon emissions by 2030 under what it calls its Net Zero Roadmap, with a goal of achieving a 91 percent reduction in all emissions generated from the airfield. As part of this commitment, it introduced permanent supplies of sustainable aviation fuel and, for a trial period last summer, offered this to aircraft operators for the same price as jet-A.

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