ADR.OPS.B.033 Control of pedestrians

[applicable until 26 March 2028 — ED Decision 2025/009/R]

AMC1 ADR.OPS.B.033(a);(a1) Control of pedestrians [applicable from 27 March 2028 — ED Decision 2025/009/R]

GENERAL

(a)The procedures to prevent unauthorised access to the movement area and other operational areas of the aerodrome of persons who are not allowed to have access to such areas should be coordinated with the appropriate authority responsible for security.

(b)In case passengers are embarking/disembarking on the apron, or if no transportation means is used for their transfer to/from the terminal building or from one stand to the other, then, apart from the need to ensure that passengers are always escorted, the procedures should, amongst others, include measures to ensure that:

(1)passengers do not pass under aircraft wings or beneath fuel vents, or close to the propellers or rotors of the aircraft they are boarding/disembarking or those of aircraft on adjacent stands;

(2)passengers remain clear of vehicular traffic around the aircraft, electrical cables, fuel hoses and other equipment;

(3)passengers use predetermined routes while moving from/to or across the apron; and

(4)passengers and any other persons on the apron are protected from the effects of engine jet-blast or downwash during their presence on the apron, including by restricting aircraft engine use. Depending on the configuration of the apron, physical moveable barriers may also be used to indicate the desired route to follow and facilitate the control and movement of passengers on the apron. When not in use, such equipment should be properly stowed to ensure that it does not become a source of FOD.

PROCEDURES FOR THE CONTROL OF PEDESTRIANS

(a)Point (a) of ADR.OPS.B.033 requires the aerodrome operator to establish and implement procedures to limit access of persons in the movement area and other operational areas ((a)(1)), and ensure that the persons who are allowed unescorted access to such areas are properly trained ((a)(2)) and that the movement of persons on the apron is controlled ((a)(3)).

(b)Differently from point (a), point (a1) requires the aerodrome operator only to establish procedures to ensure the safety of passengers between the aerodrome terminal and the apron, and not to implement them. As implementing those procedures is a ground handling activity, the responsibility for that task remains with the ground handling organisation providing passenger handling services, namely passenger boarding and disembarkation. [applicable from 27 March 2028 — ED Decision 2025/009/R]

PERSONNEL OPERATING ON THE MANOEUVRING AREA

(a)Personnel allowed access to the manoeuvring area without the use of a vehicle should be equipped at least with personal protective equipment, suitable charts of the aerodrome, a radio for two-way communication on the appropriate air traffic services frequency (and other means of communication as per the radio-communication failure procedure — see AMC1 ADR.OPS.B.031(b)(4)) with the air traffic services unit, and other appropriate means to conduct their duties suitable to the situation and local conditions.

(b)The procedures should, as a minimum, provide information as to:

(1)which personnel can enter the manoeuvring area and for which purposes;

(2)the points from which entry to the manoeuvring area can take place;

(3)the hours and minimum visibility conditions that such an entry is allowed;

(4)communication with the air traffic services unit prior to entering the manoeuvring area and afterwards;

(5)communication with the respective unit of the aerodrome operator;

(6)actions to be taken in the event of radio communication failure (see AMC1 ADR.OPS.B.031(b)(4)); and

(7)right of way between vehicles, pedestrians and aircraft.

(c)The procedures should be coordinated with the air traffic services unit.