FICAN Findings and Reports

FICAN has published the following findings and reports, listed below (selected reports are available for downloading):

Findings

• FICAN Recommendation for use of ANSI Standard to Predict Awakenings from Aircraft Noise (2008) 53 kb
• Findings of the FICAN Pilot Study on the Relationship between Aircraft Noise Reduction and Changes in Standardized Test Scores (2007) 132 kb
• FICAN on the Findings of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) Low-Frequency Noise (LFN) Expert Panel (2002) 100 kb
• Value of Supplemental Noise Metrics in Aircraft Noise Analysis
• Effects of Aircraft Noise on Classroom Learning (2000) 55 kb
• Research on Natural Quiet (2000) 20 kb
• Effects of Aviation Noise on Awakenings from Sleep (1997)  170 kb

FICAN Reports

• FICAN Report on Assessment of Tools for Modeling Aircraft Noise in the National Parks, Fleming et al., March 2005 3.5 mb

• FICAN Report on Relationship between Aircraft Noise Reduction in Schools and Standardized Test Scores (presentation)(handout), Eagan et al., March 2004 1.7 mb

Other Reports

• Human Response to Low-Intensity Sonic
  Booms Heard Indoors and Outdoors. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, April 2010. 11 mb

• FICON, Federal Agency Review of Selected Airport Noise Analysis Issues. Federal Interagency Committee on Noise, August 1992. 1 mb

• Information on Levels of Environmental Noise Requisite to Protect Public Health and Welfare with an Adequate Margin of Safety, US Environmental Protection Agency, 1974 5 mb