ICAO Annex 14

to the Convention on
International Civil Aviation

Aerodromes
Volume 1
Aerodrome Design and Operations

4th Edition - July 2004

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 Airport Engineering
4.2.1.1 History of civil aviation in Nepal
4.2.1.2 Role and functions of Ministry of
Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
(MoCTCA) and Civil Aviation Authority of
Nepal
4.2.1.3 Role of International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO)
4.2.1.4 The economic, political, and social
roles of airports
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 WELCOME
TO

ICAO Annex 14 Volume I

Aerodrome Design and Operations
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Course
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 Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal
(CAAN)
 Type : Authority
 Date of Establishment: 31 December 1998

 Legal Status:
 • Civil Aviation Act, 2015 (1959 AD) - Statutory
Regulations
 • Civil Aviation Authority Act, 2053 (1996) -
Establishment

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 ROLE OF CAAN
CAAN AS Regulator

• Permitting Airlines Operation

• Airworthiness Certification and Manpower
Licensing/Rating
• Regulating Air Transport, Air Navigation
Services (ATM/CNS), and Aerodromes as per
ICAO SARPs.
PROVIDER
CAAN AS SERVICE

 • Constructing, operating and maintaining airports

 • Equipping and maintaining airports with
necessary communication and navigational
facilities
 • Operation of safe, efficient & expeditious flight.
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 FUNCTIONS OF CAAN
1. To register aircraft, as prescribed and engrave
marking.
2. To grant, as prescribed certificate of air
worthiness to the aircraft, to renew and cancel
it.
3. To prescribe conditions for the flight of
aircraft, carrying passengers, mail and
baggage and for the use of aircraft for other
works relating to industrial business.

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 To inspect aircraft, hanger, flight of aircraft and the
arrangements relating to operation of air service and
the place for overhauling including repairs and
examination of aircraft.
 To undertake visual and instrumental flights and to
prescribe the requirements of aeronautical charts, to
prepare and bring in practice such maps, and to
exchange information pertaining to weather.
 To provide air traffic service, flight information
service, alerting service, air traffic advisory service,
air traffic control service, area control service,
approach control service and aerodrome control
service.
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 To offer advice to government of Nepal with
regard to fixing passenger fare and freight for
carrying goods to be charged in operation of air
transportation service.
 To enforce as per necessity the standards and
recommendations adopted by the ICAO
conventions and ratified by government of Nepal,
and framed under the convention and deciced by
ICAO
 To prevent and control and to prescribe the limits
for carrying dangerous goods and commodities by
aircraft.

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Ministry of Culture, Tourism and
Civil Aviation (Nepal)

 promoting tourism, culture and private

sector involvement in Nepal
 The Ministry of Culture, Tourism &
Civil Aviation (MOTCA) gives equal
importance to conservation of natural,
cultural and human resources.

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 मुलुकको आिथक िवकासको मुख आधार रहेको पयटन े ले
िवदेशी मु ा आजन, रोजगारी िसजना, आिथक कृयाकलाप
अिभवृि र सम आिथक िवकास र समु नितमा टे वा पयु ाउँ
 देशमा रहेका स पणू मतू र अमतू साँ कृितक स पदाह को संर ण र िवकास
गरी ितनको आिथक उपयोग गन
 पयटनलाई मुलक ु को आिथक आधारको पमा ामीण तहस म िवकास र
िव तार गरी यसको ितफल जनजीवनको त लो तहस म पयु ाउन सं कृित र
पयटन े को िविविधकरण, िव तार र व न गन
 पयटन े को िवकास र िव तार सिहत आ त रक र बा हवाई यातायात
िवकास गरी थप सरु ि त, तरीय र भरपद बनाउन
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Tribhuvan International Airport

Runway Length 10,000 Rft.

Terminal Building 21,700 Sq.m.
Cargo Building 10,200 Sq.m
Aircraft Parking Bays: International 9 Nos.
Domestic 17 Nos.
Car Parking Capacity International 190 Nos.
Domestic 75 Nos.
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 Status of airports in Nepal

 International Airport
 Tribhuvan International Airport

Under Construction
1. Gautam Buddha International Airport
2. Pokhara International Airport
3. Nighgard International Airport

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 Hub Airport

1. Biratnagar airport
2. Gautam Buddha airport
3. Nepalgunj airport
4. Pokhara Airport

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 High Traffic Regular Domestic
airports
1. Bharatpur airport
2. Chandragadhi airport
3. Dhangadhi airport
4. Janakpur airport
5. Simara airport
6. Surkhet airport
7. Tumlingtar airport
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 Regular Domestic Airports
1. Bajura airport
2. Bhohpur airport
3. Dolpa airport
4. Jomsom airport
5. Jumla airport
6. Kanidanda airport
7. Phaplu airport
8. Rara airport
9. Simikot airport
10. Tenzing Hillary Airport
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 Non-Scheduled/Chartered
Domestic Airports
1. Lamidanda airport
2. Ramechhap airport

3. Rukum Chaurjahari airport

4. Rukum salle airport

5. Rumjatar airport

6. Taplejung airport

7. Thamkharka airport

8. 16. Rajbiraj Airport

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 Non-operational airports
1. Baglung (Balewa) Airport
2. 2. Baitadi Airport
3. 3. Bajhang Airport
4. 4. Dang (Tarigaun) Airport
5. 5. Darchula Airport
6. 6. Dhorpatan Airport
7. 7. Doti Airport
8. 8. Jiri Airport
9. 9. Kangeldanda Airport
10. 10. Langtang Airport IC
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 Non-operational airports
 11. Mahendranagar Airport
 12. Manang (Humde) Airport
 13. Masinechaur Airport
 14. Meghauli Airport
 15. Palungtar Airport
 17. Rolpa Airport
 18. Sanfebagar Airport
 19. Syangboche Airport
 20. Tikapur Airport

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 Airports Under Construction
 1. Arghakhanchi Airport
 2. Gulmi Airport
 3. Ilam (Sukilumba) Airport
 4. Kalikot Airport
 5. Kamal Bazar Airport
 6. KhijiChandeshwori Airport
 7. Lamjung Airport

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 Domestic Airlines Operating in
Nepal
 Fixed Wing-10
 Nepal Airlines Corporation

 Yeti Airlines

 Simrik Air

 Buddha Air

 Shree Airlines

 Sita Air

 Simrik Airlines

 Tara Air

 Shree Airlines

 Summit Air

 Saurya Airline

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 Rotor Wing-9

 Air Dynasty
 Fishtail Air
 Mountain Helicopters
 Prabhu Helicopters
 Manang Air
 Altitude Air Makalu Air Heli Everest

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 ICAO
ICAO – International Civil Aviation Organization

ICAO Assembly
193 Member States

ICAO Council ICAO Secretariat

36 Member States Secretary General

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 1. General

Annex 1 Annex 2 Annex 3 Annex 4 Annex 5

Personnel Licensing Rules of The Air Meteorological Aeronautical Charts Units of Measurement
Service for Air NAV Air & Ground Operation

Annex 6 Annex 7 Annex 8 Annex 9 Annex 10

Operation of Aircraft Aircraft Nationality & Airworthiness of Facilitation Aeronautical
Registration Marks Aircraft Telecommunications

Annex 11 Annex 12 Annex 13 Annex 14

Annex 14 Annex 15
Air Traffic Services Search & Rescue Aircraft Accident & Aerodromes
Aerodromes Aeronautical
Incident Investigation Information Services

Annex 16 Annex 17 Annex 18 Annex 19

Environmental Security Safe Transport of Safety Management
Protection Dangerous Goods by Air

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 Some organizations related to civil
aviation:
 International Civil Aviation organization-ICAO
The aims and objectives of ICAO are to develop the
principles and techniques of international air navigation
and to promote the planning and development of
international air transport.
 Federal Aviation Agency-FAA (USA)
 Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal-CAAN
 Airport Authority of India (AAI)

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 Role of ICAO (INTERNATIONAL
CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION)
 1. Ensure the safe and orderly growth of international
civil aviation throughout the world
 2. Encourage the arts of aircraft design and operation
for peaceful purposes
 3. Encourage the development of airways, airports,
and air navigation facilities for international aviation
 Meet the needs of the peoples of the world for safe,
regular, efficient, and economical air
transport
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 Role of ICAO
 5. Prevent economic waste by unreasonable
competition
 6. Ensure that the rights of contracting states are fully
respected and that every contracting state has a fair
opportunity to operate international airlines
 7. Avoid discrimination between contracting states
 8. Promote safety of flight in international air
navigation
 9. Promote generally the development of all aspects
of international civil aeronautics
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 Economic, Political and Social
roles of Airport
 Tourism (Domestic and International)growth
 Enployment increase
 Link with other transportation network
 Link with central and other regional areas
 Preservation and promotion of local
culture
 Socio-economic growth

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 नेपाल नाग रक उङ्ङयन ािधकरणका काम, कत य र
अिधकारबारे जानकारी गराउँदै ािधकरण थापनाको
उ दे य हािसल गन यो सं था कि को सफल छ? वतमान
अव थाको सिम ासिहत िववेचना गनहोसु ।् ७.५+७.५

 नेपालमा हवाई यातातातको िवकास मको चचा गद नेपाल

नाग रक उङ्ङयन ािधकरणले अ तराि य तरको सेवा
सिु बधा दान गन नसके का कारणह पिहचान गनहोस। ु
अ तराि य तर मापद ड अनु प पयु ाउन के -क ता सधु ार गन
उपयु ह छ? सझु ाव ततु गनहोस
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AMENDMENTS

The issue of amendments is announced regularly in the ICAO Journal and in

the monthly Supplement to the Catalogue of ICAO Publications and Audio-
visual Training Aids, which holders of this publication should consult. The
space below is provided to keep a record of such amendments.

RECORD OF AMENDMENTS AND CORRIGENDA

AMENDMENTS.

No Date Date Entered

applicable entered by

1-6 Incorporated in this edition

7 24/11/05 ICAO
8 23/11/06 ICAO
9 15/06/2006 [Approved Date]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS

(used in Annex 14, Volume I)

PUBLICATIONS
(related to the specifications of this Annex)

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 ICAO Annex 14 Volume I
Aerodrome Design and Operations
Contents of Annex 14, Volume I – Aerodrome
Design and Operations

Chapter 1 – General (Definitions, Applicability, Certification of

Aerodromes, Safety Management System &
Reference codes)
Chapter 2 – Aerodrome data
Chapter 3 – Physical characteristics
Chapter 4 – Obstacle restriction and removal
Chapter 5 – Visual Aids for navigation
Chapter 6 – Visual Aids for denoting obstacles
Chapter 7 – Visual Aids for denoting restricted use areas
Chapter 8 – Electrical Systems
Chapter 9 – Aerodrome operational services, equipment and
installations
Chapter 10 – Aerodrome maintenance

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 FOREWORD
Annex Components
4. Tables and Figures
Tables and Figures which add to or illustrate a Standard or
Recommended Practice and which are referred to therein, form part
of the associated Standard or Recommended Practice and have the
same status.
Table Figure

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 Chapter 1. General
1.1 Definitions
The meanings of specialised technical terms used in Annex 14.
Examples:
Aerodrome. A defined area on land or water (including any
buildings, installations and equipment) intended to be used either
wholly or in part for the arrival, departure and surface movement of
aircraft.
Aerodrome elevation. The elevation of the highest point of the
landing area.
Certified aerodrome. An aerodrome whose operator has been
granted an aerodrome certificate.
Safety management system. A systematic approach to
managing safety including the necessary organizational structure,
accountabilities, policies and procedures.
Take-off runway. A runway intended for take-off only.
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 Chapter 1. General

1.4 Certification of aerodromes

Aerodromes used for international operations are to be
certified by the State responsible:
 according to Annex 14 specifications,
 through an appropriate regulatory framework, that has
established certification criteria and requires a manual with
pertinent aerodrome information, and
 that has a SMS in operation

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 End of Chapter 1.

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