For the proper functioning of the air transport in the cold season 2019 - 2020, the Romanian Civil Aviation Authority requested the airports to be prepared to operate in winter conditions, starting with November 1.
Thus, AACR requested information from operational airports in the national space regarding:
- the establishment of the winter command for each airport, for the operation in conditions specific to the cold season 2019 - 2020 (obligations,
- responsibilities, measures, allocated resources, etc.);
contact details of the persons responsible for ensuring the operability in winter situations that permanently transmit information on the - equipment and stocks of materials for defrosting / snow removal of airport surfaces, traffic conditions at airports, etc .;
- the available staff responsible according to the snow removal plan and the situation of its training;
- the resources of machinery / equipment (type, number) used for the defrosting / de-icing of the movement surfaces, as well as the stage of their checks / seasonal maintenance;
- resources of aircraft de-icing equipment (owned or owned by handling agencies performing airport handling activities, type, number, including the
- stage of their seasonal checks / maintenance;
- the stock of de-icing / anti-icing substances for both aircraft and movement surfaces, including whether laboratory samples of de-icing / anti-
- icing substances were sent from the remaining stocks from the previous winter season and their results;
- the situation regarding the training of the personnel involved in completing the SNOWTAM messages.
AACR's requests precede the future Order of the Minister of Transport, establishing the Central Winter Command for the 2019-2020 season, which stipulates that every year on November 1, airports be prepared to operate in winter conditions, as well as applicable aeronautical provisions.