RF-EMF Exposure Assessment: Comparison of Measurements in Airports and Flights with and Without Wi-Fi Service
Highlights What is the main findings? Personal exposure to RF-EMF from Wi-Fi on four international flights. What is the implication of the main finding? Measurement inside an airplane with and without Wi-Fi connection using personal exposimeters.Highlights What is the main findings? Personal exposur...
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| Tipo de documento: | Artigo |
| Data de publicação: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha |
| Repositório: | RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/46394 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://doi.org/10.3390/s25216710 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12610343/ https://hdl.handle.net/10578/46394 |
| Nível de acesso: | Acesso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Airplane with and without Wi-Fi connection Intensity of electromagnetic wave Personal exposure Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields |
| Resumo: | Highlights What is the main findings? Personal exposure to RF-EMF from Wi-Fi on four international flights. What is the implication of the main finding? Measurement inside an airplane with and without Wi-Fi connection using personal exposimeters.Highlights What is the main findings? Personal exposure to RF-EMF from Wi-Fi on four international flights. What is the implication of the main finding? Measurement inside an airplane with and without Wi-Fi connection using personal exposimeters.Abstract This paper presents the results of personal exposure measurements to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields from 2.4 GHz and 5.85 GHz Wi-Fi frequency bands. Measurements were taken in several specific scenarios: within international airports terminals, during takeoff, inside airplanes while flying with and without onboard Wi-Fi service (including while actively using a Wi-Fi connection), and during landing. Data were recorded onboard four international flights (two-round trip flights), from Spain to Mexico, and from Spain to Belgium. Two personal exposimeters, EME SPY 140 and EME Spy Evolution, were used to collect intensity level measurements in each scenario. During the outbound, the mean exposure value inside the airplane flight was 93.9 mu W/m2 in the 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi frequency band and 46.4 mu W/m2 in the 5.85 GHz Wi-Fi band (Spain to Mexico), and 7.29 mu W/m2 in the 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi band and 2.40 mu W/m2 in the 5.85 GHz Wi-Fi band (Spain to Belgium). For the return flight, the average value was 26.7 mu W/m2 in the 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi band and an average of 9.87 mu W/m2 in the 5.85 GHz Wi-Fi band (Mexico to Spain), and 3.24 mu W/m2 in the 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi band and 1.23 mu W/m2 in the 5.85 GHz Wi-Fi band (Belgium to Spain). Personal exposure levels to RF-EMFs from the Wi-Fi frequency band inside an airplane, even at the airport, are very low and well below the reference levels established by the international guidelines (10 W/m2). |
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