Flight impact calculation

Provided in real time by Brighter Planet at 12:04AM UTC on Monday, May 29, 2017 for timeframe beginning 2017-01-01 and ending 2018-01-01.

Characteristics

Brighter Planet is performing this calculation based on the following characteristics of this flight as provided in the request:

Characteristic	Input	Interpretation
Segments per trip	1	1
Origin airport	zrh	ZRH
Destination airport	evn	EVN

Calculation

This calculation uses version of Brighter Planet's flight carbon model. The flight greenhouse gas emission is the anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions attributed to a single passenger on this flight. It includes CO2 emissions from combustion of non-biogenic fuel and extra forcing effects of high-altitude fuel combustion.

Calculations are performed adaptively, so methodology will vary depending on flight characteristics. Impact values, listed below, are based on a number of input factors, which in turn are based on others, and so forth. In each case, the methodology used in the calculation is specified, and, wherever possible, the source code of the method is displayed.

1. Carbon

   Conclusion: 1085.2 kg

   Method: from fuel use and greenhouse gas emission factor.

   if cohort = cohort and cohort.respond_to?(:cleanup) then
     cohort.cleanup
   end
   (fuel_use * ghg_emission_factor)
   

2. Ghg emission factor

   Conclusion: 5.15214

   Method: from fuel and aviation multiplier.

   (fuel.co2_emission_factor * aviation_multiplier)
   

3. Aviation multiplier

   Conclusion: 2.0

   Method: default.

   2.0
   

4. Energy

   Conclusion: 7925.7 MJ

   Method: from fuel use and fuel.

   (fuel_use * fuel.energy_content)
   

5. Fuel use

   Conclusion: 210.64000500351196

   Method: from fuel per segment, segments per trip, trips, freight share, passengers, seat class multiplier, fuel, date, and timeframe.

   date = if date.is_a?(Date) then
     date
   else
     Date.parse(date.to_s)
   end
   if timeframe.include?(date) then
     ((((((fuel_per_segment * segments_per_trip) * trips) * (1 - freight_share)) / passengers) * seat_class_multiplier) / fuel.density)
   else
     0
   end
   

6. Fuel per segment

   Conclusion: 14077.69267998185

   Method: from adjusted distance per segment and fuel use coefficients.

   ((((fuel_use_coefficients.m3 * (adjusted_distance_per_segment ** 3)) + (fuel_use_coefficients.m2 * (adjusted_distance_per_segment ** 2))) + (fuel_use_coefficients.m1 * adjusted_distance_per_segment)) + fuel_use_coefficients.b)
   

7. Seat class multiplier

   Conclusion: 1.0

   Method: default.

   FlightDistanceClassSeatClass.fallback.multiplier
   

8. Distance class

   Conclusion: short haul

   Method: from adjusted distance per segment.

   FlightDistanceClass.find_by_distance(adjusted_distance_per_segment.nautical_miles.to(:kilometres))
   

9. Adjusted distance per segment

   Conclusion: 1758.304208756729

   Method: from adjusted distance and segments per trip.

   (adjusted_distance / segments_per_trip)
   

10. Adjusted distance

    Conclusion: 1758.304208756729

    Method: from distance, route inefficiency factor, and dogleg factor.

    ((distance * route_inefficiency_factor) * dogleg_factor)
    

11. Distance

    Conclusion: 1598.4583369513748

    Method: from airports.

    o = origin_airport
    d = destination_airport
    Flight.geocoder.distance_between({ :latitude => (o.latitude), :longitude => (o.longitude) }, :latitude => (d.latitude), :longitude => (d.longitude)).kilometres.to(:nautical_miles)
    

12. Route inefficiency factor

    Conclusion: 1.100000023841858

    Method: default.

    Country.fallback.flight_route_inefficiency_factor
    

13. Dogleg factor

    Conclusion: 1.0

    Method: from segments per trip.

    (1.25 ** (segments_per_trip - 1))
    

14. Fuel use coefficients

    Conclusion: BrighterPlanet::Flight::ImpactModel::FuelUseEquation::Given

    Method: default.

    FuelUseEquation.from_coefficients(Aircraft.fallback.m3, Aircraft.fallback.m2, Aircraft.fallback.m1, Aircraft.fallback.b)
    

15. Fuel

    Conclusion: Jet Fuel

    Method: default.

    Fuel.find_by_name("Jet Fuel")
    

16. Passengers

    Conclusion: 130

    Method: from seats and load factor.

    (seats * load_factor).round
    

17. Seats

    Conclusion: 167.54351777414516

    Method: default.

    FlightSegment.fallback.seats_per_flight
    

18. Load factor

    Conclusion: 0.7774924108915644

    Method: default.

    FlightSegment.fallback.load_factor
    

19. Freight share

    Conclusion: 0.0667864752535085

    Method: default.

    FlightSegment.fallback.freight_share
    

20. Trips

    Conclusion: 1.7

    Method: default.

    1.7
    

21. Date

    Conclusion: 2017-01-01

    Method: from timeframe.

    timeframe.from
    

Estimate provided by Brighter Planet CM1. Calculations are performed using data from a variety of public sources. To cite this estimate, credit Brighter Planet, "Flight impact calculation." <http://impact.brighterplanet.com/flights?destination_airport=evn&origin_airport=zrh&segments_per_trip=1&timeframe=2017-01-01%2F2018-01-01>, retrieved 2017-05-29T00:04:03Z.