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# ADR.OPS.A.085 Information on visual segment surface (VSS) penetration

ANNEX IV — Operations Requirements (Part-ADR.OPS) · Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026

Official sources: [EASA Easy Access Rules (opens in a new tab)](https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/document-library/easy-access-rules/easy-access-rules-aerodromes) · [EUR-Lex 2014/139 (opens in a new tab)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014R0139)

IR Implementing rule

## ADR.OPS.A.085 Information on visual segment surface (VSS) penetration

The [aerodrome operator](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aerodrome-operator) shall ensure, either directly or through arrangements with third parties, that information on visual segment surface penetration is provided to the aeronautical information services, including procedure and procedure minima affected.

IR · ADR.OPS.A.085 — Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/208 · Aerodromes Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC1 ADR.OPS.A.085 Information on visual segment surface (VSS) penetration

INFORMATION ON OBSTACLES FOR VISUAL SEGMENT SURFACE (VSS) PENETRATION

If the VSS is penetrated, the information to be provided to the AIS provider, to publish it under AD 2.25, should clearly indicate the name of the affected procedure and the procedure minima affected. Apart from this, information about the obstacles that penetrate the VSS should be provided to the responsible AIS provider to publish it under ‘AD 2.10 [Aerodrome](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aerodrome) obstacles’.

AMC · AMC1 ADR.OPS.A.085 — Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · ED Decision 2022/013/R · Aerodromes Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026

GM Guidance material

## GM1 ADR.OPS.A.085 Information on visual segment surface (VSS) penetration

GENERAL

Criteria related to the VSS are contained in PANS-OPS Volume II, paragraph 5.4.6, Part I – Section 4, Chapter 5.

GM · GM1 ADR.OPS.A.085 — Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · ED Decision 2022/013/R · Aerodromes Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026

[All rules in SUBPART A — AERODROME DATA (ADR.OPS.A)](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aerodromes/operations-requirements-part-adr-ops/subpart-a)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 13 Mar 2026, extracted 2 Nov 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.