Aerodromes, Operability and Interoperability (AOI)

Technical work programme responsibilities	aerodrome planning and design aerodrome certification obstacle restrictions visual ground aids aerodrome services, including rescue and fire fighting, aerodrome emergency planning and aerodrome maintenance impact of new larger aircraft on Annex 14, Volume I specifications on geometric design of runways, taxiways and aprons aspects related to the design, installation, operation and maintenance of visual aids at aerodromes heliport planning and design visual aids for helicopter operations under instrument meteorological conditions design and monitoring of aerodrome electrical systems airport master planning land use and environmental control design, testing and evaluation airport pavements airport surface movement guidance and control systems frangibility requirements for visual and non-visual aids updating the procedures for determining aircraft classification numbers (ACN) of aeroplanes runway surface unevenness wildlife hazards to aircraft airport operational services AOI maintains one computer data base: ICAO Bird Strike Information System (IBIS)
Council committee, AN panels and study groups	Visual Aids Panel (VAP) Aircraft Classification Number Study Group (ACNSG) Airport Design Study Group (ADSG) Frangible Aids Study Group (FASG) Rescue and Fire Fighting Study Group (RFFSG)
Annexes and PANS	Annex 14, Volumes I and II Volume I — Aerodrome Design and Operations Volume II — Heliports PANS-Aerodromes (Doc 9981)
Manuals and Circulars	Airport Services Manual (Doc 9137) Part 1 — Rescue and Fire Fighting Part 2 — Pavement Surface Conditions Part 3 — Bird Control and Reduction Part 5 — Removal of Disabled Aircraft Part 6 — Control of Obstacles Part 7 — Airport Emergency Planning Part 8 — Airport Operational Service Part 9 — Airport Maintenance Practices Stolport Manual (Doc 9150) Aerodrome Design Manual (Doc 9157) Part 1 — Runways Part 2 — Taxiways, Aprons and Holding Bays Part 3 — Pavements ICAO-ACN 1.0, ACN Calculation Part 4 — Visual Aids Part 5 — Electrical Systems Airport Planning Manual (Doc 9184) Part 1 — Master Planning Part 2 — Land Use and Environmental Control Part 3 — Guidelines for Consultant/Construction Services Heliport Manual (Doc 9261) Manual on the ICAO Bird Strike Information System (IBIS) (Doc 9332) Manual of Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems (SMGCS) (Doc 9476)