--- title: "ADR.OPS.B.033 Control of pedestrians — Part-ADR.OPS · Avioverse" description: "The aerodrome operator shall establish and implement procedures to:" url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aerodromes/operations-requirements-part-adr-ops/subpart-b/adr-ops-b-033" --- # ADR.OPS.B.033 Control of pedestrians ANNEX IV — Operations Requirements (Part-ADR.OPS) · Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026 IR Implementing rule ## ADR.OPS.B.033 Control of pedestrians (a) The [aerodrome operator](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aerodrome-operator) shall establish and implement procedures to: (1) limit the access to the [movement area](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/movement-area) and other operational areas only to persons whose duties require them to have access to such areas; (2) ensure that such persons are allowed unescorted access to such areas only if they have received relevant training and demonstrated their competence; (3) control the [movement](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/movement) of persons on the [apron](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/apron), and ensure that passengers embarking or disembarking an [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) or who need to walk to, from or across the apron: (i) are escorted by trained and competent personnel; (ii) do not interfere with stationary aircraft and ground servicing activities; (iii) are protected from operating aircraft, including the effects of their engines, as well as vehicular or other activities. \[applicable until 26 March 2028 — Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2148] (3) control the movement of persons on the apron. \[applicable from 27 March 2028 — Regulation (EU) 2025/21] (a1) The aerodrome operator shall establish procedures to ensure that passengers embarking or disembarking an aircraft or who need to walk to, from or across the apron: (1) are escorted by trained and competent personnel; (2) do not interfere with stationary aircraft and ground servicing activities; (3) are protected from operating aircraft, including the effects of their engines, as well as vehicular or other activities. \[applicable from 27 March 2028 — Regulation (EU) 2025/21] (b) The aerodrome operator shall establish and implement procedures to ensure: (1) the orderly and safe entry and operation in the [manoeuvring area](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/manoeuvring-area) of personnel whose tasks involve access to this area without a vehicle; (2) that such personnel: (i) are properly equipped, including with high-visibility clothing, orientation means, and means allowing two-way communication with the [air traffic services](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/air-traffic-services) unit and the respective unit of the aerodrome operator during such operations; (ii) obtain authorisation from the air traffic services unit before entering the manoeuvring area. Notwithstanding such an authorisation, entry to a [runway](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/runway) or [runway strip](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/runway-strip) or change in the operation authorised shall be subject to a further specific authorisation by the air traffic services unit; (iii) do not enter the manoeuvring area when [low-visibility procedures](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/low-visibility-procedures) are in effect. IR · ADR.OPS.B.033 — Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · Regulation (EU) 2025/21 · Aerodromes Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026 AMC Acceptable means of compliance ## AMC1 ADR.OPS.B.033(a) Control of pedestrians \[applicable until 26 March 2028 — ED Decision 2025/009/R] AMC1 ADR.OPS.B.033(a);(a1) Control of pedestrians \[applicable from 27 March 2028 — ED Decision 2025/009/R] GENERAL (a) The procedures to prevent unauthorised access to the [movement area](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/movement-area) and other operational areas of the [aerodrome](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aerodrome) of persons who are not allowed to have access to such areas should be coordinated with the appropriate authority responsible for security. (b) In case passengers are embarking/disembarking on the [apron](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/apron), or if no transportation means is used for their transfer to/from the terminal building or from one stand to the other, then, apart from the need to ensure that passengers are always escorted, the procedures should, amongst others, include measures to ensure that: (1) passengers do not pass under [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) wings or beneath fuel vents, or close to the propellers or rotors of the aircraft they are boarding/disembarking or those of aircraft on adjacent stands; (2) passengers remain clear of vehicular traffic around the aircraft, electrical cables, fuel hoses and other equipment; (3) passengers use predetermined routes while moving from/to or across the apron; and (4) passengers and any other persons on the apron are protected from the effects of engine jet-blast or downwash during their presence on the apron, including by restricting aircraft engine use. Depending on the configuration of the apron, physical moveable barriers may also be used to indicate the desired route to follow and facilitate the control and [movement](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/movement) of passengers on the apron. When not in use, such equipment should be properly stowed to ensure that it does not become a source of FOD. AMC · AMC1 ADR.OPS.B.033(a) — Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · ED Decision 2025/009/R · Aerodromes Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026 GM Guidance material ## GM1 ADR.OPS.B.033(a);(a1) Control of pedestrians PROCEDURES FOR THE CONTROL OF PEDESTRIANS (a) Point (a) of ADR.OPS.B.033 requires the [aerodrome operator](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aerodrome-operator) to establish and implement procedures to limit access of persons in the [movement area](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/movement-area) and other operational areas ((a)(1)), and ensure that the persons who are allowed unescorted access to such areas are properly trained ((a)(2)) and that the [movement](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/movement) of persons on the [apron](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/apron) is controlled ((a)(3)). (b) Differently from point (a), point (a1) requires the aerodrome operator only to establish procedures to ensure the safety of passengers between the [aerodrome](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aerodrome) terminal and the apron, and not to implement them. As implementing those procedures is a ground handling activity, the responsibility for that task remains with the ground handling organisation providing passenger handling services, namely passenger boarding and disembarkation. \[applicable from 27 March 2028 — ED Decision 2025/009/R] GM · GM1 ADR.OPS.B.033(a) — Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · ED Decision 2025/009/R · Aerodromes Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026 AMC Acceptable means of compliance ## AMC1 ADR.OPS.B.033(b) Control of pedestrians PERSONNEL OPERATING ON THE [MANOEUVRING AREA](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/manoeuvring-area) (a) Personnel allowed access to the manoeuvring area without the use of a vehicle should be equipped at least with personal protective equipment, suitable charts of the [aerodrome](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aerodrome), a radio for two-way communication on the appropriate [air traffic services](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/air-traffic-services) frequency (and other means of communication as per the radio-communication failure procedure — see AMC1 ADR.OPS.B.031(b)(4)) with the air traffic services unit, and other appropriate means to conduct their duties suitable to the situation and local conditions. (b) The procedures should, as a minimum, provide information as to: (1) which personnel can enter the manoeuvring area and for which purposes; (2) the points from which entry to the manoeuvring area can take place; (3) the hours and minimum visibility conditions that such an entry is allowed; (4) communication with the air traffic services unit prior to entering the manoeuvring area and afterwards; (5) communication with the respective unit of the [aerodrome operator](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aerodrome-operator); (6) actions to be taken in the event of radio communication failure (see AMC1 ADR.OPS.B.031(b)(4)); and (7) right of way between vehicles, pedestrians and [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft). (c) The procedures should be coordinated with the air traffic services unit. AMC · AMC1 ADR.OPS.B.033(b) — Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · ED Decision 2021/003/R · Aerodromes Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026 [All rules in SUBPART B — AERODROME OPERATIONAL SERVICES, EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATIONS (ADR.OPS.B)](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aerodromes/operations-requirements-part-adr-ops/subpart-b) 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.