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Security of General Aviation Airports

GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT THREAT ASSESSMENT AND SECURITY PLAN

While not a legal requirement, it is important that every general aviation airport conduct a threat assessment and develop a written airport security plan for the protection of the facility and for liability issues. Before the airport security plan can be developed, there must be a threat assessment conducted of the total airport facility. There are several principles that must be considered when conducting a threat assessment of the airport. These include protection of individuals on the airport property, the airport runway, hangars, aircraft, fuel storage, fixed-base operator, flight school, and other tenants that may be situated on the airport ...

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