Apply for access authorization for security areas of the airport
If you want to work in a security area at an airport, you need access authorization. You will usually receive an airport ID card as proof of this. The ID card allows you to move around the airport unaccompanied in the areas relevant to your work. You may not give your ID card to any other person. If you lose your ID card or it is stolen, you must report this immediately to the airport issuing office.
You do not need access authorization at an airport if you are working outside the security areas, for example in the generally accessible entrance hall.
You usually apply for access authorization via the airport operator at the aviation security authority. The regulation applies to persons who regularly have to enter the security area of an airport, for example for
- security checks
- check-in
- transportation
- the inspection of air freight.
The security area includes
- Parts of an airport where screened passengers may be present shortly before departure
- Parts of an airport where checked baggage is located or transported through
- Areas of an airport where aircraft and other aircraft are parked
- for boarding and disembarking as well as loading and unloading
The regulation therefore also applies to
- Pilots,
- student pilots and trainee pilots,
- Members of airport-based clubs,
- student interns and trainees,
- Suppliers of goods and similar suppliers,
- traders and business people and
- employees of cleaning companies.
- Authorization to access areas that are not generally accessible Issue
- Employees, such as
- inspectors
- Employees in the check-in area
- Airport staff
- Tradespeople
- Pilots
- Student pilots
- Suppliers of goods
- cleaning staff
require access authorization for areas at airports that are not generally accessible. - A background check is a prerequisite for access authorization.
- Access authorization and background checks are therefore usually applied for at the same time.
- Application to the aviation security authority or airport operator before starting work
- Validity: maximum 5 years
- Responsible: Aviation security authorities of the federal states
- A copy of both sides of your ID card or
- a copy of your passport
- Proof of training
- Notification of passing the background check (if already available)
Please also refer to the relevant information sheets from your aviation security authority or contact them for further details.
If already available: Copy of the notification of the previous background check or an equivalent check.
- You must pass a background check.
- You must have completed various training courses.
In order to obtain access authorization, you must pass a background check:
You typically apply for your background check at the same time you apply for access authorization, unless you have already undergone an equivalent check.
- You can obtain the form from your employer, the airport ID office, or download it from the Internet (Application for an Airport ID, Application for a Background Check).
- In most cases, both applications are combined into a single form.
- Fill out the form and obtain confirmation from your employer. You can then submit the application to the airport operator yourself or have your employer submit it on your behalf.
- The airport operator will review whether your application is operationally necessary.
- The airport operator forwards the application for access authorization and, if applicable, the background check to the aviation security authority.
- The aviation security authority will notify you of the result in a written decision. Your employer and the airport operator will also be informed of the result, but will not receive a detailed explanation.
- If the result is positive and the airport operator also sees no grounds for refusal, they will issue you an airport pass, provided the other requirements are met.
- You must appear in person to collect the airport pass from the airport operator.
- Please note that the airport pass is valid for a limited time and applies only to specific areas within the airport’s security zone.
- Please note that the airport operator may later revoke your access authorization if reasons arise, such as those related to your background check
If the result of the background check is negative, you cannot obtain access authorization and therefore cannot receive an airport pass. However, you may file an appeal.
Application deadline: 1 month
Before starting work in connection with a background check, but in some cases a longer or shorter period is possible depending on the airport.
- Appeal
- Lawsuit before the Administrative Court
Please contact the ID office at the airport.
Ministry of the Environment, Climate, Mobility, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
Department F/2 - Aviation
Keplerstrasse 18
66117 Saarbrücken
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
- Authorization to access areas that are not generally accessible Issue
- Employees, such as
- inspectors
- Employees in the check-in area
- Airport staff
- Tradespeople
- Pilots
- Student pilots
- Suppliers of goods
- cleaning staff
require access authorization for areas at airports that are not generally accessible. - A background check is a prerequisite for access authorization.
- Access authorization and background checks are therefore usually applied for at the same time.
- Application to the aviation security authority or airport operator before starting work
- Validity: maximum 5 years
- Responsible: Aviation security authorities of the federal states
- A copy of both sides of your ID card or
- a copy of your passport
- Proof of training
- Notification of passing the background check (if already available)
Please also refer to the relevant information sheets from your aviation security authority or contact them for further details.
If already available: Copy of the notification of the previous background check or an equivalent check.
- You must pass a background check.
- You must have completed various training courses.
In order to obtain access authorization, you must pass a background check:
You typically apply for your background check at the same time you apply for access authorization, unless you have already undergone an equivalent check.
- You can obtain the form from your employer, the airport ID office, or download it from the Internet (Application for an Airport ID, Application for a Background Check).
- In most cases, both applications are combined into a single form.
- Fill out the form and obtain confirmation from your employer. You can then submit the application to the airport operator yourself or have your employer submit it on your behalf.
- The airport operator will review whether your application is operationally necessary.
- The airport operator forwards the application for access authorization and, if applicable, the background check to the aviation security authority.
- The aviation security authority will notify you of the result in a written decision. Your employer and the airport operator will also be informed of the result, but will not receive a detailed explanation.
- If the result is positive and the airport operator also sees no grounds for refusal, they will issue you an airport pass, provided the other requirements are met.
- You must appear in person to collect the airport pass from the airport operator.
- Please note that the airport pass is valid for a limited time and applies only to specific areas within the airport’s security zone.
- Please note that the airport operator may later revoke your access authorization if reasons arise, such as those related to your background check
If the result of the background check is negative, you cannot obtain access authorization and therefore cannot receive an airport pass. However, you may file an appeal.
Application deadline: 1 month
Before starting work in connection with a background check, but in some cases a longer or shorter period is possible depending on the airport.
- Appeal
- Lawsuit before the Administrative Court
Please contact the ID office at the airport.
Ministry of the Environment, Climate, Mobility, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
Department F/2 - Aviation
Keplerstrasse 18
66117 Saarbrücken
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.