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title: "ADR.OPS.D.040 Aircraft departure from the stand — Part-ADR.OPS · Avioverse"
description: "The aerodrome operator shall establish and ensure the implementation of procedures to ensure that during the departure of an aircraft from the aircraft…"
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# ADR.OPS.D.040 Aircraft departure from the stand

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.D.040 Aircraft departure from the stand

The [aerodrome operator](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aerodrome-operator) shall establish and ensure the implementation of procedures to ensure that during the departure of an [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) from the [aircraft stand](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft-stand):

(a) ground servicing equipment, excluding push-back trucks if required for the [movement](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/movement) of aircraft, and vehicles have been removed from the aircraft stand or parked in designated areas;

(b) if the aircraft stand is served by passenger boarding bridges, they have been retracted;

(c) the designated exit route from the aircraft stand is free of [foreign object debris (FOD)](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/foreign-object-debris);

(d) vehicle movements on the stand and traffic on the adjacent [road](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/road)(s) have ceased, except for push-back trucks if required for the movement of aircraft;

(e) persons, other than those required to assist the aircraft departure from the aircraft stand, are prohibited to approach the aircraft when anti-collision lights are turned on and engines are running.

IR · ADR.OPS.D.040 — Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1234 · Aerodromes Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026

GM Guidance material

## GM1 ADR.OPS.D.040 Aircraft departure from the stand

DESIGNATED EXIT ROUTE

Designated exit route is the path intended to be followed by the [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) to leave the stand.

GM · GM1 ADR.OPS.D.040 — Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · ED Decision 2020/021/R · Aerodromes Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026

GM Guidance material

## GM1 ADR.OPS.D.040(e) Aircraft departure from the stand

PERSONNEL THAT ASSIST [AIRCRAFT](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) TO DEPART FROM THE STAND

Personnel that assist aircraft to depart from the stand are, for example: tow-truck operators and push-back coordinators; wing walkers; personnel that remove wheel chocks, fixed and mobile ground power units and air-conditioning units.

\[applicable until 26 March 2028 — ED Decision 2020/021/R]

GM · GM1 ADR.OPS.D.040(e) — Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 · ED Decision 2020/021/R · Aerodromes Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 Mar 2026

[All rules in SUBPART D — APRON MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aerodromes/operations-requirements-part-adr-ops/subpart-d)

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.