Technical work programme responsibilities
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- aerodrome planning and design
- aerodrome certification
- obstacle restrictions
- visual ground aids
- aerodrome services, including rescue and fire fighting, aerodrome emergency planning and aerodrome maintenance
- impact of new larger aircraft on Annex 14, Volume I specifications on geometric design of runways, taxiways and aprons
- aspects related to the design, installation, operation and maintenance of visual aids at aerodromes
- heliport planning and design
- visual aids for helicopter operations under instrument meteorological conditions
- design and monitoring of aerodrome electrical systems
- airport master planning
- land use and environmental control
- design, testing and evaluation airport pavements
- airport surface movement guidance and control systems
- frangibility requirements for visual and non-visual aids
- updating the procedures for determining aircraft classification numbers (ACN) of aeroplanes
- runway surface unevenness
- bird hazards to aircraft
- airport operational services
AGA maintains one computer data base: - ICAO Bird Strike Information System (IBIS) (80 000 bird strike records)
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Council committee, AN panels and study groups |
- Visual Aids Panel (VAP)
- Aircraft Classification Number Study Group (ACNSG)
- Airport Design Study Group (ADSG)
- Frangible Aids Study Group (FASG)
- Rescue and Fire Fighting Study Group (RFFSG)
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Annexes and PANS |
- Annex 14, Volumes I and II
- Volume I — Aerodrome Design and Operations
- Volume II — Heliports
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Manuals and Circulars
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- Airport Services Manual (Doc 9137)
Part 1 — Rescue and Fire Fighting Part 2 — Pavement Surface Conditions Part 3 — Bird Control and Reduction Part 5 — Removal of Disabled Aircraft Part 6 — Control of Obstacles Part 7 — Airport Emergency Planning Part 8 — Airport Operational Service Part 9 — Airport Maintenance Practices
- Stolport Manual (Doc 9150)
- Aerodrome Design Manual (Doc 9157)
- Part 1 — Runways
- Part 2 — Taxiways, Aprons and Holding Bays
- Part 3 — Pavements
- Part 4 — Visual Aids
- Part 5 — Electrical Systems
- Airport Planning Manual (Doc 9184)
- Heliport Manual (Doc 9261)
- Manual on the ICAO Bird Strike Information System (IBIS) (Doc 9332)
- Manual of Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems (SMGCS) (Doc 9476)
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