Many measures are already being implemented at Munich Airport that lead directly and indirectly to reduced emissions. Flughafen München GmbH (FMG) levies noise-based as well as pollutant-based landing fees, thereby making an active contribution to improving air quality in the area surrounding the airport. In doing so, it gives engine manufacturers and aircraft builders a long-term incentive to invest in the development of less polluting aircraft and to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides and unburned hydrocarbons from aircraft engines.
Use of ground power and ground power generators.
While waiting at the gate (e.g., unloading baggage, boarding passengers, or even performing maintenance), aircraft require energy. One way of generating energy is to use auxiliary power units (APUs), which generate electricity by burning kerosene. This produces air pollutants and also ultra-fine dust. To avoid these emissions, aircraft at Munich Airport can receive ground power (from a highly efficient combined heat and power plant) or from ground power units (diesel generators with fine dust filters). Since 2014, it has also been possible to supply aircraft with pre-conditioned fresh air from so-called pre-conditioned air systems (PCA systems). Emissions emitted directly at the airport on the apron are significantly reduced by these technologies.
E-mobility
Munich Airport is promoting the expansion of e-mobility as part of its climate strategy, both in aircraft handling and through the development of charging infrastructures. By 2030, nearly all vehicles in the airport's fleet are to be electric. In addition to reduced CO2 and nitrogen oxide emissions, this will also lead to a significant reduction in particulate emissions. More than 280 vehicles and handling equipment at the airport are already powered by electricity.
Combined heat and power plant / low-energy construction / LED technology
The reduction measures take into account all areas, but in particular the energy supply, more climate-efficient building technology, measures for a particularly environmentally friendly vehicle fleet, outdoor lighting and further optimization of the power consumption of the baggage handling system. The spectrum ranges from intelligent control technology to climate facades. It includes, for example, the switch to LED technology for lighting the aprons and the use of a combined heat and power plant (CHP) to supply FMG and its subsidiaries efficiently and in an environmentally friendly manner.