Considerations on the Regulatory Framework for Avian Hazards at Aerodromes in Honduras

Abstract

The purpose of this article is a revision of the regulatory framework of the impact hazard to wildlife in airports and aerodromes, on three levels: the first one corresponding ICAO Implementation and Amendments to Annex 14, the second level is in relation to the Nationals Authorities who are responsible for issuing Civil Aviation Regulations for the country’s airports and, finally in relation to Each One of the Airports. The methodology used has been the Consultation in two phases, first it was made a review of some aspects of the related issues discussed at the report “Identification of the Factors Attracting wildlife near the Toncontin Airport” (Matamoros, 2015); also was made a review on the ICAO Annex 14 and on the applicable normative for the prevention of avian danger in the aviation. It can be considered the main result is have made a first approach to the status of implementation of the regulations consulted in the State of Honduras by the Honduran Civil Aviation Agency and Inter Aiports, manager of Four International Airports in Honduras. An outstanding conclusions is the call to develop a joint work between the Aeronautical Authority As regulator, the Consecionaria Inter Airport as manager of the International Airports of Honduras and the National Autonomous University of Honduras through the biology department who are currently ending a diagnosis of the presence of wildlife in Ramón Villeda Morales airport in San Pedro Sula.