See Aircraft/Parking Docking Charts Nose in parking is in operation throughout the airport. Heathrow Airport operates a variety of stand types and configurations such as Standard apron/stand, Multiple Aircraft Ramp System (MARS) and Multi Choice Apron (MCA). Standard Apron/stands will have a single yellow centre-line. Each stand will have an individual stand number. MARS stands consist of a main centre-line painted yellow and will have two subsidiary centre-lines either side of the main centre-line. These subsidiary centre-lines are painted yellow/white and are given the designation of the stand number with ‘L’ (Left) and ‘R’ (Right) added. Multi Choice Aprons use multiple centre-lines to allow the operation of a variety of different combinations of parked aircraft. The airline operative will select the assigned stand Advanced Visual Docking Guidance System (A-VDGS) to allow the aircraft to park, or a marshaller shall assist with the aircraft parking. Each stand will have an individual stand number. Illuminated stand number indicators are provided on most stands. The majority of stands are equipped with A-VDGS. A marshalling service will be provided for the minority of the remaining stands that do not have A-VDGS fitted. Flight crew must not attempt to self-park if the A-VDGS is not activated or calibrated for their aircraft type. In the event of there being no activated A-VDGS displayed upon approach to the stand, flight crews must: - Hold position on the taxiway centre-line. - Inform Ground Movement Control (GMC) they are awaiting stand entry guidance. - Contact company to arrange activation. Note: GMC may request aircraft to ‘report parked’ – this is not an instruction to self-park. In the event of a failure of the A-VDGS during parking, flight crews must: - Inform Ground Movement Control (GMC) of a stand entry guidance failure. - Contact company to arrange a marshaller. Illuminated red stop bars are provided where appropriate. Tug Crews, when towing aircraft under the guidance of a marshaller, must not park on stand unless guided to do so by the use of daylight-fluorescent wands, marshalling bats, marshalling gloves. Illuminated wands shall be used at night or in low visibility. LGTD WDI are located at the following positions: 512749.74N 0002838.40W, 512750.27N 0002631.90W, 512843.08N 0002622.52W & 512835.39N 0002848.34W. Apron floodlighting. Obstacle lighting.

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