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

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Aircraft Stand MarkingsACI - Handbook

Apron MarkingsOther Airports

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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