Aerodrome Safeguarding

Control & Monitoring of Built

Environment by Airport
Management

Capacity Building at AAI airports

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Kai Tak (Hong Kong) Airport
Closed in 1998

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a Cathay Pacific aircraft from Kai Tak
Airport

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Annex 6 Operation of Aircraft
Part 1 Chapter 5

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Annex 6 Operation of Aircraft
Part 1 Chapter 5

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Surat Runway Impacted by Buildings
 Aerodrome Safeguarding
• A process undertaken by airports to
ensure that any development or activity
taking place within the vicinity of the
aerodrome does not adversely affect the
safe and efficient movement of aircraft.
• A legal requirement under both ICAO and
National Regulations.

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 National and ICAO Regulations
• The Aircraft Act 1934 Section 9A
• GSR 751 (E), issued by Govt. of India on 30th
September 2015
• DGCA Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR) Series B
Part 1 Aerodrome Design and Operations
• DGCA CAR Series F Part 1 Aerodrome Licensing
• Conditions of Aerodrome License
• ICAO regulations
– Annex 14, Annex 10, PAN-OPS Doc. 8168 part -2 etc.

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 Purpose of Aerodrome Safeguarding
• The airspace around aerodromes is to be maintained
free from obstacles
– so as to permit the intended aeroplane operations at the
aerodromes to be conducted safely and
– to prevent the aerodromes from becoming unusable by
the growth of obstacles around the aerodromes.

• This is achieved by establishing

– a series of obstacles limitation surfaces that define the
limits to which objects may project into the airspace,
– regulating the construction of build environment around
the airports and active monitoring by the concerned
airport.

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 Control and Monitoring by the
Airport Management
Rule 12 of GSR 751E :
• Responsibilities of local authorities and airport operators.–– (1)
For the effective verification, monitoring and controlling the
obstructions around the airports, it shall be the responsibility of the
Local, Municipal or Town Planning and Development authorities
and the airport operator to ensure that the height of the
structures and their locations are in accordance with the approved
building plans and the No Objection Certificate issued by the
concerned designated officer.
• (2) For the purposes of sub-rule (1), the Local, Municipal or Town
Planning and Development authorities and
• the airport operator shall develop appropriate mechanism with
necessary trained manpower and equipment so as to verify the
height of the structures, site elevations and site location or
coordinates in World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84).

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 Rule 15 – Procedure in case of violations

The cases of violations where the height of

any existing building, structure or tree on
any land within the limits specified in rule 4
exceeds the height specified in Schedule I
and Schedule II, or any other violation
arising out of non-compliance of the
provisions of these rules, shall be dealt in
accordance with the provisions of the
Aircraft (Demolition of Obstructions caused
by Buildings and Trees etc.) Rules, 1994.

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 THREE LEVEL PROCEDURE

• Indicates through different colour

coded grids, the permissible heights in
CCZM the areas around the airport within
twenty kilometers from the Aerodrome
Reference Point

• The application for issuance of No

NOCAS
Objection Certificate in respect of civil
aerodromes, shall be made by the
applicant through NOCAS

• Any person or Local, Municipal or Town

Planning and Development authorities or
APPEA any airport operator may appeal to the
L Appellate Committee for redressal of
his/their grievances with respect to the
height permissible under these rules.
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 THREE LEVEL PROCEDURE

• Indicates through different colour

coded grids, the permissible heights in
CCZM the areas around the airport within
twenty kilometers from the Aerodrome
Reference Point

• The application for issuance of No

NOCAS
Objection Certificate in respect of civil
aerodromes, shall be made by the
applicant through NOCAS

• Any person or Local, Municipal or Town

Planning and Development authorities or
APPEA any airport operator may appeal to the
L Appellate Committee for redressal of
his/their grievances with respect to the
height permissible under these rules.
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Rule 4 – Restrictions on constructions, erections, trees, etc.

• The level roads and level railway

lines within one kilometer of the
(4) airport boundary wall shall also be
subject to issuance of the No
Objection Certificate.

• Installation of Extra High Tension,

SCHEDUL High Tension lines shall not be
EI permitted within 1500 metres of
Para 1.2 the Inner edge of the approach and
take-off climb surface.

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 Rule 6 – Issuance of Colour Coded Zoning Map

The Colour Coded Zoning

Maps (CCZM) shall be issued
by the Airports Authority based
on the latitude & longitude of
the area in respect of civil
aerodromes which shall
indicate through different
colour coded grids, the
permissible heights in the areas
around the airport, falling
within the radius not exceeding
twenty kilometers from the
Aerodrome Reference Point.
The CCZM shall be available
at AAI website

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 Rule 7 (1) – Approval for construction of buildings,
structures, etc.

After considering the No Objection Certificate issued

by the designated officer or the authorised officer, the
concerned Local, Municipal or Town Planning and
Development Authorities shall approve the construction of
buildings or structures not exceeding the Permissible Top
Elevation. Local, Municipal or Town Planning and
Development Authorities shall also consider the existing
building regulations or bye-laws or any other law for the time
being in force before approving the construction of buildings or
structures.

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 Rule 7 (2) – Approval for construction of buildings,
structures, etc.

In cases of aerodromes where the Colour Coded Zoning Maps

has been issued, the Local, Municipal or Town Planning and
Development authorities shall, in accordance with the height
specifications provided in such Colour Coded Zoning Maps,
approve the construction of the structures, as per the existing
building regulations or bye laws or any other law for the time
being in force:

Provided that no such approval shall be given by the Local,

Municipal or Town Planning and Development authorities for
sites which lies in approach, take off and transitional areas of an
airport or in any other area, marked in the Colour Coded Zoning
Map for the compulsory obtaining of No Objection Certificate
from the designated officer or authorised officer.

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 Rule 7 (3) & (4) – Approval for construction of buildings,
structures, etc.

• The Local, Municipal or Town Planning

and Development authorities shall certify
on the sanction plan that the Floor Space
(3)
Index or Floor Area Ratio and the related
height of the building or structure is
within the permissible elevation as
indicated in the Colour Coded Zoning
Map for the given site.

• The Local, Municipal or Town Planning

and Development Authorities shall submit
the details of structures approved under
(4) sub-rule (1) and sub-rule (2) to the
concerned designated officer or the
authorised officer within a period of thirty
days from the date of such approval.
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 Rule 8 – Clearances for siting towers of fixed wireless
stations.

• The clearances in respect of siting towers

of fixed wireless stations shall be issued
by the Standing Advisory Committee on
Radio Frequency Allocation (SACFA) of
(1) the Ministry of Communication &
Information Technology, Government of
India, taking into consideration the heights
above mean sea level specified in the
Colour Coded Zoning Map.
• The Standing Advisory Committee on
Radio Frequency Allocation (SACFA) of
the Ministry of Communication,
Government of India, shall submit the
(2) details of siting towers of fixed wireless
stations approved under sub-rule (1) to the
concerned designated officer or the
authorised officer within a period of thirty
days from the date of such approval. 19
Rule 9 – Processing of No Objection Certificate cases

• Processing of NOC cases in respect of civil aerodromes

shall be carried out at nine Airports Authority offices one
(1) each at Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Guwahati
Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Nagpur airports.

• The designated officer available at the offices specified in

sub-rule (1) shall be responsible for the processing of
applications and issue of No Objection Certificate and/or
(2) issue authorization for issuance of NOC for height
clearance by concerned designated officer with respect to
the civil aerodromes.

• A Panel of Chartered Engineers and Surveyors may be

assigned by the Airports Authority to carry out physical
(3) verification of details of Site Elevation and Coordinates
as submitted by the applicant. The expenses of the same
shall be borne by the applicant.

• The officer in-charge of the corporate office at the

headquarters of the Airports Authority in New Delhi
(4) shall supervise the functioning of the regional and
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 Rule 10 – Duties of designated officer

• The designated officers, specified in

Appendix M of Schedule VIII, shall be
responsible for issuance of No Objection
Certificate in respect of civil aerodromes
(1) and shall coordinate with the respective
Local, Municipal or Town Planning and
Development authorities in granting
approval for construction of buildings or
structures.

• The designated officer shall forward

the copy of NOCs issued by him
(2)
under sub-rule (1) above to the
concerned airport operator and
respective Local, Municipal or Town
Planning & Development authorities.
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 Rule 12 – Responsibilities of local authorities and airport
operators

• For the effective verification, monitoring

and controlling the obstructions around the
airports, it shall be the responsibility of the Local,
Municipal or Town Planning and Development
authorities and the airport operator to ensure that
(1)
the height of the structures and their locations are
in accordance with the approved building plans
and the No Objection Certificate issued by the
concerned designated officer or the authorised
officer.

• For the purposes of sub-rule (1), the Local,

Municipal or Town Planning and Development
authorities and the airport operator shall develop
appropriate mechanism with necessary trained
(2) manpower and equipment so as to verify the height
of the structures, site elevations and site location or
coordinates in World Geodetic System 1984
(WGS84).
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 Rule 13

Procedure to be followed in case of State owned

and private airports not licensed by Directorate
General of Civil Aviation

Provided that the

designated officer
(1) In case of State owned shall give guidance
or private aerodromes not to the State
licensed by the Directorate
General of Civil Aviation, Government on the
the concerned State protection of
Government shall be obstacle limitation
responsible for the
protection of obstacle surfaces, whenever
limitation surfaces at such such guidance is
airports: sought by the
concerned State
Government.
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 Rule 15 – Procedure in case of violations

The cases of violations where the height of

any existing building, structure or tree on
any land within the limits specified in rule 4
exceeds the height specified in Schedule I
and Schedule II, or any other violation
arising out of non-compliance of the
provisions of these rules, shall be dealt in
accordance with the provisions of the
Aircraft (Demolition of Obstructions caused
by Buildings and Trees etc.) Rules, 1994.

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 AIMS AND OBJECTIVE OF
NOCAS 2
• TO FASTEN THE PROCESS OF ISSUANCE OF NOC
• AUTOMATE THE FLOW OF NOC PROCESS
• MAKE NOC PROCESS ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY
AND TRANSPARENT.
• FACILITATE THE APPLICANTS
• DIGITISE RECORD ARCHIVAL
• INTEGRATION WITH WEBSERVICE OF OTHER
AGENCIES FOR SINGLE WINDOW CLEARANCE.
 TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT
NOCAS, based on the GIS software and aeronautical
database, carries out automated calculations for
Aeronautical Ground Aids (AGA), Communication,
Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) and Procedure for
Air Navigation Service-Operations (PANS-OPS) criteria
NOCAS Web Site nocas2.aai.aero/nocas – Main Page
 FEATURES OF NOCAS 2
• On line submission of NOC application and
documents.
• A paperless system end to end
• Check the Approximate height for Planning
Purpose
• SMS & Email updates for applicant
• Automated calculations AGA/ CNS/ PANS-OPS
• Integration of Colour Coded Zoning maps
(CCZM)
• Provision of Auto Settle:- Applications
meeting the auto settle criteria are cleared
within minutes of filing.
FEATURES OF NOCAS 2
• Applicant can download the NOC from his
dashboard.
• Online Review, Revalidation & Appeal
• Online Payment Gateway
• Data Analysis and Report Generation.
• Integration with external portals
(Communication ministry & Urban Local
Bodies)
• System tracks the actions of all internal
users to ensure the system integrity
Colour Coded Zoning Maps
(CCZM)
• AAI has issued CCZM for all important
cities and supplied to local bodies.All the
CCZM issued so far by AAI have been
integrated in NOCAS. Any height
determination/ NOC application where
requested height is below the height
permitted in CCZM will be auto settled. In
such cases of “Auto Settlement”, NOC
will be issued to applicant within minutes
of filing the application.
 COMPARATIVE BENEFITS PRE AND POST DEPLOYMENT
NOCAS 2
POST DEPLOYMENT BENEFITS- PRE DEPLOYMENT SCENARIO

 Proper back up and archiving of the data. No data back up except

hard copies of files.

 Timeline for issue of NOC reduced to 3 The timeline for issue of

weeks from the date of application for NOC was of 6 weeks from
direct applicants & 15 days wherever the the date of application.
integration was completed with ULBs for
“Single Window Clearance” In case of auto
settle, NOC will be issued within minutes of
filing the application.
 Huge amount of paper saved Paper was being wasted

 Timely completion of Infrastructure and There were cases with

Real Estate projects is the key indicator of complaints that the real-
the economic development of a country. estate projects are being
NOCAs will help in expediting the delayed due to delayed
clearances for the projects NOC.
 It eliminates the time consuming manual Time consuming and there
calculations and brings accuracy and was a scope of human
uniformity in the system. error(s)
EASE OF DOING BUSINESS
 AAI HAS CUSTOMISED NOCAS IN LINE WITH THE
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA INITIATIVE OF EASE OF
DOING BUSINESS
 NOCAS INTEGRATED WITH SACFA SERVER
 NOCAS INTREGRATED WITH ULBs( NDMC, MCD)
IN DELHI
 NOCAS INTREGRATED WITH MCGM IN MUMBAI
 AAI HAS SUPPLIED CCZM TO LOCAL BODIES FOR
INTEGRATION ON THEIR WEBSITE. THIS IS ALSO
USEFUL FOR SINGLE WINDOW CLEARANCE. IF
HEIGHT REQUESTED IS BELOW CCZM HEIGHT,
AAI’S NOC IS NOT REQUIRED.
 OBSTACLE
All fixed (whether temporary or permanent) and mobile
objects, or parts thereof, that:
• a) are located on an area intended for the surface
movement of aircraft; or
• b) extend above a defined surface intended to protect
aircraft in flight; or
• c) stand outside those defined surfaces and that have
been assessed as being a hazard to Air Navigation.
OBSTACLE LIMITATION
SURFACES
 APPROACH &TRANSITIONAL SURFACE

MAX PE
45M

14.3% Transitional Surface

315M
150 Approa Approa Approach
Approa ch
M ch Surface
150M ch Surfac
Surfac FLAT
Surface e
Transitional Surface e
315M 2% 2% 2.5%

2250 M
3000 M

6600 M

15000 M
 INNER HORIZONTAL SURFACE
(IHS)

Flat at
45M
Inner Horizontal Surface

4000 Inner Horizontal Surface

M
CONICAL AND OUTER
HORIZONTAL SURFACE

Conical 1:20 PTE 45 to 150

M

IHS PTE
45M
Beyond
Conical
Surface lies
OHS upto
Outer Conical 1:20 PTE
15 Kms
150 to 300M having PTE
300 m
 The Aircraft Act 1934
Section 9A Power of Central Government to prohibit or
Sub- regulate construction of buildings, planting of trees
Section(1) etc.-
If the (i) direct that no building or structure shall be
Central
constructed or erected, or no tree shall be planted
Governme
nt is of on any land within such radius, not exceeding
opinion twenty kilometers from the aerodrome reference
that it is point, as may be specified in the notification and
necessary where there is any building, structure or tree on
or such land, also direct the owner or the person
expedient having control of such building, structure or tree to
so to do for demolish such building or structure or, as the case
the safety may be, to cut such tree within such period as may
of Aircraft
operations, be specified in the notification;
it may, by
notification
in the
Official
Gazette,
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 The Aircraft Act 1934
Section 9A Power of Central Government to prohibit or
Sub- regulate construction of buildings, planting
Section(1) of trees etc.-
If the
Central
(ii) direct that no building or structure higher than
Governme such height as may be specified in the notification
nt is of shall be constructed or erected, or no tree, which
opinion is likely to grow or ordinarily grows higher than
that it is such height as may be specified in the notification,
necessary shall be planted, on any land within such radius,
or not exceeding twenty kilometers from the
expedient aerodrome reference point, as may be specified in
so to do for the notification and where the height of any
the safety
of Aircraft
building or structure or tree on such land is higher
operations, than the specified height, also direct the owner or
it may, by the person having control of such building,
notification structure or tree to reduce the height thereof so as
in the not to exceed the specified height, within such
Official period as may be specified in the notification.
Gazette,
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 The Aircraft Act 1934

Section (2) In specifying the radius under clause (i)

9A or clause (ii) of sub - section (1) and in
specifying the height of any building,
structure or tree under the said clause (ii),
the Central Government shall have regard to
-

(a) the nature of the aircraft operated or

intended to be operated in the aerodrome;
and

(b) the international standards and

recommended practices governing the
operations of aircraft.

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 The Aircraft Act 1934

Section (3) Where any notification has been issued under sub-section (1)
directing the owner or the person having control of any building,
9A structure or tree to demolish such building or structure or to cut
such tree or to reduce the height of any building, structure or
tree, a copy of the notification containing such direction shall be
served on the owner or the person having the control of the
building, structure or tree, as the case may be,-

(i) by delivering or tendering it to such owner or

person; or
(ii) if it cannot be so delivered or tendered, by
delivering or tendering it to any officer of such owner
or person or any adult male member of the family of
such owner or person or by affixing a copy thereof on
the outer door or on some conspicuous part of the
premies in which such owner or person is known to
have last resided or carried on business or personally
worked for gain; or failing service by these means;
(iii) by post.

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(4) Every person shall be bound

Section to comply with any direction
9A contained in any notification
issued under sub-section (1).

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