Conditions
Highly efficient winter road clearance fleet
Well-trained operators and a modern, permanently available winter road clearance service are important prerequisites for successful winter road clearance.
Leipzig/Halle Airport possesses the following winter road clearance equipment:
- 20 jet sweepers type TJS 630
- 3 jet sweepers type TJS 420
- 5 compact jet sweepers type CJS with snowplough
- 1 towed jet sweeper P17 (consisting of a MAN towing vehicle with snowplough for special duties, a special trailer with combined brush rollers and jet nozzles)
- 2 surface de-icing vehicles with a working breadth of 45m and 13,700l capacity for liquid de-icing fluid
- 2 surface de-icing vehicles with a working breadth of 35m and 15,000l capacity for liquid de-icing fluid
- 2 spray and gritting vehicles with a capacity of 6,000l each for fluids and 4m3 solid de-icing material
- 3 tractor-trailers with pushing-floor attachment for transporting cleared volumes of snow
- Various small clearing devices such as mini gritters/sprayers with snowplough for roads, paths and areas
The operators of the winter road clearance service are divided into five shift groups and operate on a three-shift rhythm.
The airport staff are supported by neighbouring commissioned firms which, through regulated contracts for work and labour, assist in the winter road clearance service in the months of November through March of the following year.
Teamwork
The task of the winter road clearance service is teamwork in which staff from different areas of the airport are closely involved. During operations, the winter road clearance service task force leaders work closely with the traffic headquarters of the airport, who coordinate the clearance processing in the operating areas. Other important partners of the winter road clearance service are the German Air Traffic Control, which has control over aircraft take-offs, landings and taxiing at the airport, and the German Weather Service with its regular weather forecasts.
