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Apron Markings
By Gerhard Gruber
Manager Rescue- and Airport Operations
Stand Identification
Letter-Height: 2 m
White on Blue
Actual Situation Vienna
ICAO ANNEX 14 Vol. 1
Information Marking (5.2.16)
- Yellow / Black
- 4 m Height (Recommendation)
Aircraft Stand Markings (5.2.12, Recommend.)
- Identification short after beginn of Lead-in line
- Height adequate to be readable from Cockpit
Apron Markings
Aircraft Stand MarkingsACI - Handbook
CAT ICAT I
Aircraft Stand MarkingsACI - Handbook
Apron MarkingsOther Airports
Questionaire Answers:
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1. Do you have the 4m-hight of the letters according our
ACI-handbook ?YES NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO
2. If no, what hight of the digits do you use at your airport ?
NAWidebody Stand 2,5m, Commuter Stand 1m
NA 2m 1,2m~4m Taxiway
~2m Stand entry1,2m 2m
~3,7m Taxiway ~2,7m Stand entry
NA 2 m. / 1.5 m 1,5 m
3. What hight has the whole square-marking including the
frame/border ?5m
Widebody Stand 6m x 3,5m,
Commuter Stand 2,7x1,5m
5m NA 4,2m NA 1,5m 3,2m 4,4m 5m3,90 m. / 4,20 m.
1,8 x 4,3 m
3.a Colors ?Black on Yellow
Black on Yellow
Black on Yellow
NABlack on Yellow
NAWhite on
BlueBlack on Yellow
NA Black on yellowBlack on Yellow
white on blue (to piers) others
yellow
4. What experience do you have with your markings?
NA GOOD NA GOOD NA NA GOOD NA NA
GOOD ON ASPHALT.
FAIRLY BAD ON CONCRETE
BECAUSE FREQUENT
REPAINTING IS NEEDED
GOOD GOOD
5. Are you planning any dimension-change?
NO NO NO NA NA NA NO NA NA NO NO NO
Questionnaire Answers - Summary
12 Responses - 10 Europe (including Vienna), 1 Asia, 1 USA
Letter-Height: 2 Airports: 4 m (ACI / ICAO)
10 Airports: 1 to 2,7 m
Ttl Height of Painting: 2 Airports: 5 m (ACI / ICAO)
8 Airports: 1,5 to 4,4 m
Colour: 6 Airports: black on white
3 Airports: white on blue
Apron MarkingsExamples (Spain)
Variable 2 – 4m Height 2m Height
Apron MarkingsExamples (Swiss)
Small, 1m Height, Commuter Large, 2.5m Height, Widebody‘s
Apron MarkingsOther Airports
Rome – FCO (Dassault Falcon 900)
Apron MarkingsOther Airports
Munich (B737)
Dallas (B767)
Apron MarkingsOther Airports
Apron MarkingsGeometry
Projection Situation
Eye-HeightCockpit - AGL
[H]
Letter Heighton Sign
[h]
Height Diff.(Eye to Letter)
Distanceto see
[D]Angle
Length ofpainted Letter
[L]
4,63 0,4 4,23 100 2,42 9,46
Hh
D L
Taxiway-Signs
Taxiway-/Apron Markings
ICAO – Annex 14
Appendix 3
Apron Markings How it should be