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title: "Protection area — EASA Definition · Avioverse"
description: "CS HPT-DSN.A.020, Regulation (EU) No 139/2014: ‘Protection area’ means an area within a taxi-route and around a helicopter stand which provides…"
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# Protection area

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

> ‘Protection area’ means an area within a taxi-route and around a helicopter stand which provides separation from objects, the FATO, other taxi-routes and helicopter stands, for safe manoeuvring of helicopters.

CS HPT-DSN.A.020 · Aerodromes · Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · Easy Access Rules, 13 Mar 2026 revision · [Read CS HPT-DSN.A.020](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aerodromes/cs-hpt-dsn/chapter-a-general#cs-hpt-dsn-a-020)

## Defined in the same article

- [Dynamic load-bearing surface](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/dynamic-load-bearing-surface)
- [final approach and take-off area (FATO)](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/final-approach-and-take-off-area)
- [Helicopter air taxiway](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/helicopter-air-taxiway)
- [Helicopter clearway](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/helicopter-clearway)
- [Helicopter ground taxiway](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/helicopter-ground-taxiway)
- [Helicopter stand](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/helicopter-stand)
- [Helicopter taxi-route](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/helicopter-taxi-route)
- [Heliport](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/heliport)