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T +86 10 6535 4020 www.kilfrost.cn ice clear vision Airports Council International European Region 6 Square de Meeûs B-1000 Brussels Belgium Director General Olivier Jankovec Tel: +32 (0)2 552 09 71 Fax: +32 (0)2 513 26 42 e-mail: [email protected] Manager: Safety, Capacity, ATM and SESAR Philipp Ahrens Tel: +32 (0)2 552 09 81 Fax: +32 (0)2 502 56 37 E-mail: [email protected] Senior Manager Membership and Commercial Services Danielle Michel INTRODUCTION Tel: +32 (0)2 552 09 78 Fax: +32 (0)2 502 56 37 e-mail: [email protected] THE AIRSIDE SAFETY SURVEY 2012 ur annual Airside Safety Survey pro- challenges that airports across Europe face in Magazine staff: vides a comprehensive and invalu- order to ensure airside safety. able guide to the respective airside Average annual snowfall provides one such Publisher O Daniel Coleman operations of ACI EUROPE member airports. example. Milan Malpensa, for instance, ex- Managing Editor With contributions ranging from major inter- periences 4-5 days of snow per year, while Ross Falconer national hubs such as Frankfurt and Madrid- Katowice Airport has as many as 70 days of Editor Barajas, to regional airports such as Fried- snow annually. A similar contrast can be drawn Ryan Ghee richshafen and Kent International, this survey between Marseille-Provence and Oslo airports, Head Designer covers such practices as winter services, FOD with the former experiencing just one day of Richard Jende prevention, wildlife control, runway incursion snow every two years, and the latter having Graphic Designer Victoria Wilkinson prevention and friction testing. an average of 60-70 days of annual snowfall. In order to retain the highest level of accu- Photography Grant Pritchard racy, the responses have been left largely un- UpdatiNG METHODS edited wherever possible and each individual The Airside Safety Survey also explores key Sales Director Jenny Rayner response highlights the varying conditions and and emerging trends, highlights which air- Managing Director Paul J. Hogan PPS Publications Ltd 3a Gatwick Metro Centre Balcombe Road Horley Surrey RH6 9GA United Kingdom Tel: +44 1293 783851 Fax: +44 1293 782959 email: [email protected] Disclaimer This publication has been compiled by PPS Publications Ltd. The survey responses are those of the participating airports. The contents and opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of ACI EUROPE nor the Publisher. ACI EUROPE and PPS Publications accept no responsibility or liability whether direct or indirect, as to the currency, accuracy or quality of the information, nor for any consequence of its use. Cover image courtesy of Øveraasen. © PPS Publications Ltd 2012 INTRODUCTION ports are planning to purchase new equipment, and identifies any planned changes to existing airside methods. Having opened a new fourth runway in Oc- tober, the Frankfurt Airport submission states: “This year we ordered and received a new Clear- ing Convoy consisting of 14 vehicles to service our new runway.” Meanwhile, London Gatwick received three Rosenbauer Panther fire appli- ances in 2011, with an additional three to be delivered in 2013. While the majority of respondents have no im- mediate plans to make changes to their exist- ing methods, a handful of airports do have such plans. At Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, “we started a more selective spraying method more based on runway usage. Plus we are adjusting the spraying vehicles so they use less KAC and this has already led to a reduction of 200,000 litres of KAC.” The airport also has plans to purchase a new runway rotechnics (crackers), shotguns and dogs”, while FRICTION TESTING sprayer “with more accurate dosing and less us- “lasers are being considered”. The reliability of friction indexes is another area age of chemicals with better results”. At Göteborg Landvetter Airport, ”recorded dis- explored in the Airside Safety Survey and while Ostrava Airport is planning to acquire new jets- tress calls (mobile and fixed), laser (test), shot- most airports appear satisfied, in some cases, weepers, snow cutters, pushback tractors and guns, warning shots via gas cannon” are all used, questions are raised. For example, the London handling equipment over the next 12-24 months, as is an ”inflatable scarecrow called ’The Hulk’”. Stansted Airport response outlines: “Although the while Limoges Airport is currently “in the middle of The airport also utilises pyrotechnic equipment concept of an internationally agreed friction index the study into the law framework on water”. to combat wildlife on the airfield. is a positive step forward, it is clear that there are Paris-Orly Airport, meanwhile, uses a range of significant differences between the dynamics of WILDLIFE CONTROL weapons, including trap guns with 12th calibre aircraft braking performance when compared to Bird and wildlife control techniques also pro- and No. 4 to 8 cartridges, 400m range ‘CAPA’ pis- the use of any CFME equipment. For this reason vide insight into the differing airside tactics tols and 9mm revolvers with crackling/explosive it is understandable that such an index has not adopted by European airports. Keflavik Airport cartridges, in addition to fixed or on-board bird de- been ratified through ICAO and meeting the ap- “uses recorded distress calls (home made), py- terrent systems and portable lasers for night use. proval of IATA and other international bodies.” P4 AIRSIDE SAFETY SURVEY 2012 Safe Runways and a Clean Environment Let’s beat the elements together! Cryotech E-36 Liquid Potassium Acetate Cryotech NAAC Solid Sodium Acetate Provifrost KF ECO Liquid Potassium Formate Cryotech CMA Solid Calcium Magnesium Acetate Cryotech CMA40 Solid Blend of 40% CMA and 60% rock salt G. Gilliotstraat 60 2620 Hemiksem, Belgium Tel: +32 (03) 870.88.20 Fax: +32 (03) 877.23.33 www.proviron.com e-mail: [email protected] Anz. Jet-Airport 176x126 EN 19.08.2008 10:05 Uhr Seite 1 The Winter Experts! High-Performance Weather Station Snow Removal GFS 3000 Black-Ice Early Detection Micro-FAST Automated Thawing Agent Spraying System Marcel Boschung Ltd. I Boschung Airport Division Route des Muëses 2 l CH-1753 Matran I Switzerland I Tel. ++41 26 4978585 I Fax ++41 26 4978590 I [email protected] www.boschung.com MARK YOUR DIARIES 2012 THE ACI EVENT THAT BRINGS EUROPE AND ASIA TOGETHER TO SHARE STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS H O S T E D B Y : HOME TO THE ACI AIRPORT OPERATIONS CONFERENCE L ATEST NE W S AT WWW .ACI-EUROPE-EVENTS.COM THE AIRSIDE SAFETY SURVEY 2012 ABERDEEN who work at the airport? Airside Driver Training with 11. PROCEDURES AND METHODS testing undertaken by a member of our own team 11.1 Please state here order of priority of snow clear- (Airside driver trainer), Incursion Awareness leaflets ance of main operational facilities (runways, taxiway, produced by local ATC and distributed through the aprons etc) stating identity of each facility: Runways, Flight Safety Committee, this was categorised at taxiways, passenger areas, roadways, apron areas. PART 1: GENERAL AIRSIDE SAFETY Best Practice throughout the NATS community. 11.2 State the vehicles, formations and general 1. AIRPORT NAME: Aberdeen Airport 5.6 Have the reporting procedures for runway method of runway, taxiway and apron clearance: 2. MOVEMENT AND MANOEU- safety incidents been set up jointly with other par- 5 Runway Sweepers available at all times. Taxi- VRING AREA DATA ties active in these processes? Further, do they ways – 2 Runway Sweepers available at all times, 2.1 Please list the identities of primary opera- safeguard the ‘non-punitive’ principles such as additional sweepers when Runways cleared. Pas- tional facilities and the surface areas (for example: ‘no-penalty’ reporting? Runway Incursion Working senger areas – Kubotas x 2. Access Roads – Holmes total RWY length (or lengths), Take Off Run Avail- Group established and promotes a no blame culture. Brushes. Apron – Mikro and Holmes Brushes and able (TORA), RWY width, shoulder widths, total 6. BIRD AND WILDLIFE CONTROL Runway Sweepers when Runway/Taxiway cleared. apron area, ramp area, other): 1,949m x 46m. 6. Please detail your habitat management policy 11.3 After moderate snow, how quickly do you expect No shoulders available. Apron area 3,500sqm and how it reduces the attraction of the airfield to to achieve ‘black top’ on the runway? 45 minutes. 2.2 Landing aids for each RWY (e.g. CAT II): CAT 1 ILS. birds: Grass length kept at between 6-8 inches, 12. EXPERIENCE WITH CHEMICALS 3. SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS herbicides used to discourage weed growth and 12.1 State which pavement de-icers you use, along 3.1 The ICAO Manual on Certification of Aero- insecticides used to kill the hatching larve that with the quantities used last season. Comment dromes specifies that: “The aerodrome operator grows into the insects that attract bird activity. on effectiveness of chemicals at low temperatures shall establish a Safety Management System for 6.1 Do your staff attend recognised bird and achieved holdover times etc: Konsin used for the aerodrome.” Has your airport made any recent control training courses? Yes through very low temperatures – up to 24 hours hold over changes to its SMS following the reappraisal of FERA our bird management auditor.