HCAA SIAN 04-2025 Continuous Use of Stop Bars

Is addressed to:

- Aerodrome Operators

- Aerodrome Air Traffic Control (ATC) service providers

Briefing:

Recipients must ensure that this notice is communicated to all members of their staff who need to take appropriate action or who may be interested in the contents of the notice.

DESCRIPTION

For over a decade, preventing runway incursions has been a priority in Europe and worldwide.

Unfortunately, the number of runway incursion occurrences involving commercial air transport aeroplanes in EASA Member States has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic, both in absolute terms and relative to the number of flights.

Following the previous, EASA published the SIB No: 2025-07, which includes recommendations on the optimisation of the use of existing stop bar infrastructure in aerodromes, e.g. how to implement effectively the H24 use of them.