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26.205 Runway overrun awareness and alerting systems

ADDITIONAL AIRWORTHINESS SPECIFICATIONS FOR OPERATIONS · Regulation (EU) 2015/640 · EAR revision 20 Mar 2026

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26.205Runway overrun awareness and alerting systems

(a)Operators of large aeroplanes used in commercial air transport shall ensure that every large aeroplane for which the first individual certificate of airworthiness is issued on or after 1 July 2026, is equipped with a runway overrun awareness and alerting system.

(b)This system shall be designed in a manner allowing to reduce the risk of a longitudinal runway excursion during landing by providing an alert, in-flight and on the ground, to the flight crew when the aeroplane is at risk of not being able to stop within the available distance to the end of the runway.

IR · 26.205 — Regulation (EU) 2015/640 · Regulation (EU) 2024/2954 · Part-26 Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 20 Mar 2026

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(a)When demonstrating compliance with CS 26.205, the applicant should take account of EUROCAE Document ED-250 ‘Minimum Operational Performance Standard for a Runway Overrun Awareness and Alerting System’ dated December 2017.

(b)When demonstrating the compliance of the ROAAS with CS 25.1581 and CS 25.1585 or equivalent specifications, the applicant should include in the aeroplane flight manual the following elements:

(1)A description of the runway overrun awareness and alerting system (ROAAS) operational domain, including all the conditions in which the ROAAS is expected to perform its intended function,

(2)Any operational limitations applicable to the ROAAS, and

(3)Operational procedures to be used by the flight crew when ROAAS alerts are triggered.

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GM · GM1 26.205 — Regulation (EU) 2015/640 · ED Decision 2020/023/R · Part-26 Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 20 Mar 2026

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Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 20 Mar 2026, extracted 17 Aug 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.

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