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