The SRA, access control and security

Security Restricted Areas

• Airports are divided into Landside & Airside
• The SRA exist to prevent prohibited items being taken onto an aircraft for use in any act of unlawful interference
• Not all key parts of an airport are located within the SRA
• Passenger Terminal – Landside
• Departure Lounge – Airside
• Aircraft aprons – Airside
• Cargo areas
• Airport / Airline Operations Centres
• Airside & Landside
• Air Traffic Control Centres – Airside
• Other vulnerable areas – Fuel farms, Sub Stations, Navigation beacons
• Must have physical barrier
• Open areas within the SRA to be patrolled
• Use of security equipment – CCTV – Infra Red detectors – Fencing alarms etc
• Access control system