80. Tokyo Haneda Airport – Japan
Year of construction: 1931
Risk factors: Safety concerns over routes, noise pollution
Tokyo Haneda Airport has been expanding its flight routes, despite multiple concerns about noise and safety that have come up in recent years. Haneda instituted new flight paths in 2020, which would see planes flying over heavily-crowded districts in Tokyo. Pilots raised concerns about the safety of these routes.
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Civilians complained about the potential for noise pollution from these flights. The new routes would raise Haneda’s traffic by fifty flights a day, which would bring an economic increase in revenue of more than $6 billion a year. Whether that money will prove worth the strife is unclear for now.