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title: "GM1 ADR-DSN.C.235 Strength of runway end safety areas — Certification Specifications and Guidance Material for Aerodrome Design (CS-ADR-DSN) — Issue 7, Aerodromes · Avioverse"
description: "A runway end safety area should be so prepared or constructed as to reduce the risk of damage to an aeroplane undershooting or overrunning the runway…"
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# GM1 ADR-DSN.C.235 Strength of runway end safety areas

Certification Specifications and Guidance Material for Aerodrome Design (CS-ADR-DSN) — Issue 7 · Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026

GM Guidance material

## GM1 ADR-DSN.C.235 Strength of runway end safety areas

(a) A [runway](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/runway) end [safety area](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/safety-area) should be so prepared or constructed as to reduce the risk of damage to an [aeroplane](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aeroplane) undershooting or overrunning the runway, enhance aeroplane deceleration, and facilitate the [movement](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/movement) of rescue and firefighting vehicles.

(b) Guidance on the strength of a runway end safety area is given in the GM1 ADR-DSN.B.190 Strength of runway strips and in ICAO Doc 9157, [Aerodrome](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aerodrome) Design Manual, Part 1, Runways.

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GM · GM1 ADR-DSN.C.235 — Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · ED Decision 2016/027/R · Aerodromes Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026

[All rules in CHAPTER C — RUNWAY END SAFETY AREA](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aerodromes/cs-adr-dsn/chapter-c-runway-end-safety-area)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 13 Mar 2026, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.