The Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT) Version 3g is a Federal Aviation Administration software system used to model aircraft operations and calculate their environmental impacts, including noise, emissions, and fuel consumption. This Quick Start Tutorial guides users through building basic noise and emissions studies, covering steps such as adding airports, creating flight tracks, setting up receptors, and running metric results. The tool is relevant to airport noise policy analysis, as it provides a structured method for quantifying and evaluating the environmental effects of aviation activity around airports like Sea-Tac.Open full document
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This Quick Start Tutorial for AEDT Version 3g provides step-by-step instructions for building simple noise and emissions studies using the Aviation Environmental Design Tool. It covers creating new studies, adding airports, creating flight tracks, adding receptors, defining aircraft operations, and running metric results. The document is intended to be used alongside the full AEDT User Manual.
