Optimizing the Use of Aircraft Deicing and Anti-Icing Fluids

摘要

This report provides practical technical guidance on procedures and technologies to reduce the use of aircraft deicing and anti-icing fluids (ADAF) while maintaining safe aircraft operations across the wide range of winter weather conditions found in the United States and Canada. This guidance is presented as (1) a series of best management practices that are immediately implementable and (2) the detailed findings and recommendations of experiments to evaluate holdover time determination systems, spot deicing for aircraft frost removal, and ADAF dilutions. The report will be of direct interest to airport and airline staff responsible for aircraft deicing and anti-icing operations and the mitigation of their environmental impacts.