Vilja flygplatser omfattas av ICAO: s rekommendationer?

Enligt denna konvention gick statsmedlemmar som deltog i internationella flygresor överens om att följa ICAO: s rekommendationer och bästa praxis:

Article 12: Each contracting State undertakes to keep its own regulations in these respects uniform, to the greatest possible extent, with those established from time to time under this Convention. Over the high seas, the rules in force shall be those established under this Convention. Each contracting State undertakes to insure the prosecution of all persons violating the regulations applicable.

Staterna är också överens om att ge viss infrastruktur:

Article 18: Each contracting State undertakes, so far as it may find practicable, to: a) Provide, in its territory, airports, radio services, meteorological services and other air navigation facilities to facilitate international air navigation, in accordance with the standards and practices recommended or established from time to time, pursuant to this Convention.

Nitton bilagor beskriver SARPs , standarder och rekommenderade metoder. Bilaga 14 (volym 1) beskriver flygplatser. Tillämplighet definieras i § 1.2:

1.2.2 The specifications, unless otherwise indicated in a particular context, shall apply to all aerodromes open to public use in accordance with the requirements of Article 15 of the Convention.

Artikel 15:

Every airport in a contracting State which is open to public use by its national aircraft shall likewise, subject to the provisions of Article 68, be open under uniform conditions to the aircraft of all the other contracting States.

Artikel 68:

Each contracting State may, subject to the provisions of this Convention, designate the route to be followed within its territory by any international air service and the airports which any such service may use.

Varje statsmedlem publicerar också flyginformation , som beskrivs i Bilaga 15 till konventionen:

2.1.1 Each Contracting State shall: a) provide an aeronautical information service (AIS); or b) agree with one or more other Contracting State(s) for the provision of a joint service; or c) delegate the authority for the provision of the service to a non-governmental agency, provided the Standards and Recommended Practices of this Annex are adequately met.

Varje stat måste ange avviket från ICAO SARP i AIP, i avsnitt GEN:

4.1.1.1 c: a list of significant differences between the national regulations and practices of the State and the related ICAO Standards, Recommended Practices and Procedures, given in a form that would enable a user to differentiate readily between the requirements of the State and the related ICAO provisions;