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title: "Airspace risk assessment — EASA Definition · Avioverse"
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# airspace risk assessment

EASA defines “airspace risk assessment” in one regulation. The wording below is reproduced verbatim from the EASA Easy Access Rules, with a link to the paragraph it comes from.

> ‘airspace risk assessment’ means an evaluation of operational, safety and security risks that takes into account the required levels of safety performance as defined in the European Plan for Aviation Safety and the State Safety Programme referred to in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, the type, complexity and density of the traffic, the location, altitudes or heights and the airspace classification;

Article 2 · U-space · Regulation (EU) 2021/664 · Easy Access Rules, 29 May 2024 revision · [Read Article 2](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/u-space/cover-regulation/chapter-i-principles-and-general-requirements#article-2)

## Defined in the same article

- [common information service](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/common-information-service)
- [dynamic airspace reconfiguration](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/dynamic-airspace-reconfiguration)
- [principal place of business](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/principal-place-of-business)
- [U-space airspace](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/u-space-airspace)
- [U-space service](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/u-space-service)