Interim Report - Introduction - EASA

INTERIM REPORT – OPTIONS FOR CHANGE – ATTACHMENT B
EASA.2009.OP.21
ICAO Annex 14 5 th Edition, July 2009
AERODROMES
Applicability: This Annex contains Standards and Recommended Practices (specifications)
that prescribe certain facilities and technical services normally provided at an aerodrome. It
is not intended that these specifications limit or regulate the operation of an aircraft.
The specifications, unless otherwise indicated in a particular context, shall apply to all
aerodromes open to public use in accordance with the requirements of Article 15 of the
Convention.
Indirect Regulation. National responsibility to implement (States “shall”). EASA competence
not extended yet to Implementing Rules, but Essential Requirements (EC Reg 1108/2009)
introduced into Basic Reg 216/2008.
Options: Reconsideration to how these SARPS are interpreted and implemented by NAAs
and eventually EASA could be considered.
Impact: Depending on any reconsiderations, the impacts may be variable. If nothing is
reconsidered or changed, then there will be nil impact.
1.4.4 As part of the certification process, States shall ensure that an aerodrome manual
which will include all pertinent information on the aerodrome site, facilities, services,
equipment, operating procedures, organization and management including a safety
management system, is submitted by the applicant for approval/acceptance prior to granting
the aerodrome certificate.
1.1 De-icing/anti-icing facility: A facility where frost, ice or snow is removed (de-icing)
from the aeroplane to provide clean surfaces, and/or where clean surfaces of the
aeroplane receive protection (anti-icing) against the formation of frost or ice and
accumulation of snow or slush for a limited period of time.
The de-icing / anti-icing facilities are clearly to be approved (indirectly) by the NAA, therefore
implying standards that need to met and consideration towards safety on the part of the
Authority. For example, a de-icing / anti-icing facility located at the Ramp, may not be
approved in certain weather conditions due to length of taxi to runway (eg at Schipol, de-icing
/ anti-icing on the ramp for runway 18R/36L departures may not be approved for snow below
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