This Annex contains Standards and Recommended Practices (specifications) that prescribe the physical characteristics and obstacle limitation surfaces to be provided for at aerodromes, and certain facilities and technical services normally provided at an aerodrome. It also contains specifications dealing with obstacles outside those limitation surfaces. It is not intended that these specificatio…
Annex 13 contains the international Standards and Recommended Practices for aircraft accident and incident investigation.
Annex, which is complemented by a three-part Search and Rescue Manual dealing with SAR organization, management and procedures, sets forth the provisions for the establishment, maintenance and operation of search and rescue services by ICAO Contracting States in their territories and over the high seas. Proposals for Annex 12 were originally made in 1946. By 1951, the proposals had been reviewe…
The Standards and Recommended Practices applicable to Aeronautical Charts
Annex 8 includes broad standards which define, for application by the national airworthiness authorities, the minimum basis for the recognition by States of Certificates of Airworthiness for the purpose of flight of aircraft of other States into and over their territories, thereby achieving, among other things, protection of other aircraft, third parties and property. It is recognized that ICAO…
Volume V of Annex 10 contains Standards and Recommended Practices and guidance material on the utilization of aeronautical frequencies.
Annex 9 provides a frame of reference for planners and managers of international airport operations, describing maximum limits on obligations of industry and minimum facilities to be provided by governments. In addition, Annex 9 specifies methods and procedures for carrying out clearance operations in such a manner as to meet the twin objectives of effective compliance with the laws of States a…
Annex 7 contains Standards adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization as the minimum Standards for the display of marks to indicate appropriate nationality and registration which have been determined to comply with Article 20 of the Convention. Standards for Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks were first adopted by the Council on 8 February 1949 pursuant to the provisions …
The Standards and Recommended Practices contained in Annex 6, Part III, shall be applicable to all helicopters engaged in international commercial air transport operations or in international general aviation operations, except that these Standards and Recommended Practices are not applicable to helicopters engaged in aerial work
This Annex comprises the Standards and Recommended Practices for dimensional units to be used in air and ground operations. The Annex deals with the standard application of units of measurement and termination of the use of non-SI units. Attachments to the Annex contain material describing the development of the International System of Units (SI) and guidance on the application of the SI, conve…
The Standards and Recommended Practices applicable to Aeronautical Charts
The rules in Annex 2 consist of general rules, visual flight rules and instrument flight rules and apply without exception over the high seas and over national territories to the extent that they do not conflict with the rules of the State being overflown.
Proper design and installation of visual aids areprerequisites for the safety and regularity of civil aviation.Accordingly, this manual includes guidance on thecharacteristics of visual aids used at airports. The material included herein is closely associated withthe specifications contained in Annex 14 —Aerodromes,Volume I — Aerodrome Design and Operations. The mainpurpose of the manual…