1) Guidelines for the quick removal of disabled aircraft from airport operational areas versus taking the time necessary to prevent secondary damage to the aircraft. Evaluate safety, security, interference with ground operations, and public involvement. 2) Detailed grid maps of the type referred to in the FAA Advisory Circular 150/5200-10, for use during aircraft recovery operations. These maps should show the topography of the airport site, approaches and surroundings. Roads, ditches, gates, soil conditions and any other factors that could have an effect on the Re-evaluation and inspection of all sites should be done periodically to keep all maps current. 3) Access routes to all parts of the airport, especially any routes needed for heavy equipment such as cranes, in the vicinity of overhead powerlines or bridges. 4) Aircraft manufacturers’ data on the types of aircraft that normally use the airport. For aircraft recovery, the important data is weight and balance, lifting and moving, and weight reduction figures. 5) The type and location of heavy or specialized equipment that might be needed and the time required to get it to the airport. Aircraft defueling equipment that can move to any area or location should be available. Due to the small size of most aircraft, cranes and slings can easily be used to lift the aircraft. The availability of cranes should be included. 6) Arrangements for obtaining aircraft recovery kits from other airports as soon as possible. 7) Sources of manpower with various skills, ranging from laborers to aircraft mechanics. 8) Requirements for food, clothing, and shelter for the recovery crew. 9) Communications, security and safety plans for the recovery operation, flexible to suit any site. 10) Make provisions to obtain aircraft removal equipment and crews through agreements with airport sponsors, military airfields or aeronautical industries in the airports’ vicinity. Maintain a current inventory of locally available salvage equipment. Ensure the inventory includes nearby equipment agreed t be made available from construction contractors and heavy equipment operators not available at the airport. A retainer fee may be required to ensure the availability of cranes and tractor-trailers on short notice due to heavy demand. To avoid delays, alternate arrangements for sources of equipment and operators must be made. Assumptions on equipment availability are inadequate and airports mush have firm commitments from companies to ensure equipment and services when they are needed. 11) Contractual agreements between air carriers and fixed base operators should provide for a capability to move types of aircraft normally used or serviced with minimum risk of damage to either the aircraft or airport. These arrangements may include those of an individual airplane plan, a cooperative plan with the airport authorities or a joint plan by several air carriers at a particular airport. Pooling of removal equipment by airlines is preferable for the following reasons:    a) Logistics and time – saving advantages of having kits more widely distributed.    b) Economic advantages of individual airlines needing fewer kits.    c) Overall improvements that should result by gaining additional equipment from participation of a large number of airlines. 12) Arrangements and agreements should take into account the air carrier and fixed base operators’ plans and ability to perform non-routine aircraft repairs on runways. 13) Mutually supported plans and agreements are needed at airports that are used jointly by civil and military action. 14) In planning for recovery equipment, pay particular attention to:    a) Availability of a complete system for lifting or hoisting and for transporting the aircraft.    b) Compatibility of recovery system components and the requirement for support equipment such as materials, handling equipment, cranes, dollies, flat bed trucks, etc. For moving the aircraft, a tractor-trailor with a uniformly low bed to minimize the amount of lifting is preferred.    c) Availability of heavy winching equipment, due to the frequent use of this method recovery. 15) Analysis of data on current recovery equipment indicates that the type of recovery equipment used does not affect the actual removal time. The time consuming aspect of removal is maintaining aircraft stability while lifting, jacking or raising and trying to avoid damage to aircraft structure or skin. Time advantages are gained by having prearranged agreements for recovery and designating a person in charge of the overall operations. Adequate recovery equipment should be available for fly-in on short notice. Airports with only one runway should have recovery equipment either at, or in the vicinity of the airport.