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I'm doing a project where I have to design an apron for a general aviation airport (ICAO type 2B). The airplanes have to park in angled nose-in parking, or angled nose-out parking.

What is the required separation between two stands? I think that the dimensions of one stand depend on the turning radius of the airplane that is supposed to use the stand, but I don't know where to find this angle for every airplane...

I'm looking for any data or other relevant information.

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    $\begingroup$ I know I've parked 172s where there was less than 12" from wing-tip to wing-tip of adjacent planes. It took two pushers and two wing-walkers to put planes in safely. $\endgroup$
    – abelenky
    Jul 28, 2016 at 18:17
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    $\begingroup$ I think most GA aircraft can lock the brake on one wheel and pivot around it. Also, when I park I almost always shut down the engine and push the plane into the spot. See also this list of airplane sizes $\endgroup$
    – Dan Pichelman
    Jul 28, 2016 at 19:09
  • $\begingroup$ Sure, let's have some spacing now! $\endgroup$
    – RaajTram
    Jul 30, 2016 at 4:29

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The Aerodrome Standards manual, which is based on ICAO Annex 14, gives the following values:

Clearance distances on aircraft stands

3.12.6 An aircraft stand shall provide the following minimum clearances between an aircraft using the stand and any adjacent building, aircraft on another stand and other objects:

Code Letter | Clearance

A | 3 m

B | 3 m

C | 4.5 m

D | 7.5 m

E | 7.5 m

F | 7.5 m

A references for the ICAO code letter categories is available here: http://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/ICAO_Aerodrome_Reference_Code

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  • $\begingroup$ Yes, in this case the distance between two planes is 3 meters. But the distance between two stands isn't 3m+wingspan+3m, because the plane has to park with its own propulsion, so has to do a 180º turn in this space. $\endgroup$
    – oriolflvi
    Jul 29, 2016 at 9:24
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    $\begingroup$ To be fair, you did ask for the width between stands, not the width of individual stands $\endgroup$
    – 60levelchange
    Jul 29, 2016 at 18:48
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    $\begingroup$ @oriolflvi While J. Hougaard's comment might appear to be nitpicking, on Stack Exchange, we generally do aim to answer the exact question that was asked. If you realize before getting any answers that what you asked wasn't quite what you meant to ask, it's common to edit the question to fix that. As this stands, with an upvoted answer, I would encourage you to simply ask a new question, and in it, be more specific about what exactly you are looking for. There's no shame in linking to this and saying "I asked this other question too, but it wasn't exactly what I meant because XYZ". $\endgroup$
    – user
    Jul 29, 2016 at 20:15
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    – user
    Jul 29, 2016 at 20:20
  • $\begingroup$ Thank you! I'm going to explain better the problem and what i'm looking for. I never saw this forum and I've seen that it's very interesting and a useful tool, so thank you for explain me better how it works. $\endgroup$
    – oriolflvi
    Jul 29, 2016 at 20:47

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