Your guide to ramp safety
1 Table of contents Ramp driving permit Movement area, manoeuvring area, apron Speed limits Right of way Safety Weather conditions Markings
Ramp driving permit and surface area definitions 2 Ramp driving permit and surface area definitions 1 Movement area (all of below) 2 Manoeuvring area (taxiways and runway) 3 Apron (close-in taxiing and parking of aircraft)
3 forbidden Manoeuvring area It is forbidden to drive on the manoeuvring area (runway and taxiways) forbidden
3 Manoeuvring area
4 Speed limits Generally Near aircraft On the inside belt road around the airport The speed should never exceed that warranted by the circumstances
Vehicles must either stop for or yield to: 5 Vehicles must either stop for or yield to: Moving aircraft: - Being pushed back - Being towed - Moving under their own power Boarding or disembarking passengers Passenger buses with passengers on board Follow-me vehicles on a mission
Vehicles must either stop for or yield to: 5 Vehicles must either stop for or yield to:
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Yield to all vehicles with flashing blue or orange lights 6 Yield to all vehicles with flashing blue or orange lights Fire brigade Police Ambulances
Yield to all vehicles with flashing blue or orange lights 6 Yield to all vehicles with flashing blue or orange lights Passenger buses with passengers on board Follow-me vehicles Sweeping vehicles Snow plows and snow removal vehicles
Yield to all vehicles with flashing blue or orange lights 6 Yield to all vehicles with flashing blue or orange lights
7 Jet blast Never enter the intake or blast areas
7 Jet blast INTAKE (suction): avoid approaching closer than 15 meters
7 Jet blast Jet blast: allow 2 aircraft lengths behind aircraft Danger, stand 19 is used for run-ups
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7 Jet blast
8 Running engines ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS SWITCHED ON INDICATE: = Engines running or imminent start-up = Imminent push-back
8 Running engines TAXI LIGHTS (HEADLIGHTS) SWITCHED ON INDICATE: = Moving aircraft
9 Propellers Rotating propellers are barely visible Rotating propellers can be silent especially after engine shut-down Always wait for the propellers to come to a complete stop Even at a standstill, propellers can be dangerous or easily damaged and one should keep his distance from them
10 Follow-me vehicles It is strictly forbidden to cross between a follow-me vehicle and the aircraft being marshalled behind it
10 Follow-me vehicles
11 Smoking It is strictly forbidden to smoke both inside of and outside of a vehicle
12 Alcohol 0,8 / 0,0
Hooked (and pulled) equipment 13 Hooked (and pulled) equipment Do not exceed a train length of 10 units
Hooked (and pulled) equipment 13 Hooked (and pulled) equipment Load carts and dollies properly and tie down the load
Hooked (and pulled) equipment 13 Hooked (and pulled) equipment Keep on eye the load
Hooked (and pulled) equipment 13 Hooked (and pulled) equipment Slow down if end of train begins to zigzag
Hooked (and pulled) equipment 13 Hooked (and pulled) equipment
14 Weather conditions If surface becomes wet, reduce speed and brake gently
14 Weather conditions Turn on the low beam headlights: - at night - under poor visibility conditions
14 Weather conditions The use of dipped or full beam headlights is forbidden
15 Ramp markings Stand numbers Aircraft taxi lines Vehicle routes Vehicle route crossing aircraft taxi routes Pedestrian crossing Yield
15 Ramp markings STOP STRIP (for aircraft) Jetty manoeuvring area Aircraft safety envelope Fuel Aircraft energy source
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