AIRCRAFT LASER CONTRAIL REDUCTION APPARATUS AND SYSTEM

A method, system and apparatus are provided for reducing or eliminating contrails formed by an aircraft as it travels through the sky, and more particularly, to disrupting formation of contrails and altering the electromagnetic properties of already-formed contrails through use of one or more lasers. Methods include: positioning at least one laser such that at least one beam from the at least one laser is directed to a position at which contrails form aft of a wing of the aircraft; detecting contrail formation in the position at which contrails form aft of the wing of the aircraft; activating the at least one laser source in response to detecting contrail formation; and reducing or eliminating the contrail in response to activating the at least one laser source.