Appendix D 

Air Carrier Facility Requirements and Checklist

1. Facility Requirements:
1. Security Requirements:
1. Exterior personnel doors must be solid core with deadbolt-type locks.
2. Overhead dock doors must be bolt locked.
3. Ground level windows leading to the cargo facility must be covered with security fences or barred to prevent entry.
4. Facilities used by more than one air carrier, or for activities in addition to the storage of mail and freight (such as aircraft maintenance), must provide a distinct area for each air carrier’s mail storage. This area is to be defined by a fully enclosed locking security fence that is at least 8 feet high plus a top guard.
5. Hours of operation must be clearly identified and visible.
2. Size Requirements:
1. Facilities at hub points must provide a minimum mail storage area of 30 square feet for each bush destination.
2. Hub point facilities for air carriers using mainline type aircraft and not providing intraline service to bush points must provide a minimum mail storage area of 300 square feet. Hub point facilities for destinating air carriers using bush type aircraft and not providing intraline service to bush points must provide a minimum mail storage area of 100 feet.
3. Facilities at origins Anchorage and Fairbanks must provide a minimum mail storage area of 300 square feet if mainline aircraft are used and 100 square feet if bush aircraft are used, except for air carriers receiving bypass mail (see section b, “Facility Review Checklist”).
4. Deviations in the above size requirements, due to locations at certain air stops, must be approved by the Western Area Distribution Networks (WADN), Denver.
5. These are minimum requirements. The air carrier has the ultimate obligation to secure all the mail in its possession. Failure to do so will result in restrictions to mail tender.
2. Facility Review Checklist

See the Facility Review Checklist on the following pages.