SAE International

SAE International (SAE) is the primary source of global aircraft ground deicing standards, specifications, and recommended practices. Click the links below to view the SAE deicing-related Aerospace Standards (AS), Aerospace Recommended Practices (ARP), Aerospace Material Specifications (AMS), and Aerospace Information Reports (AIR).

Click the links below to view the SAE deicing-related aerospace standards, recommended practices, material specifications, and information reports.

SAE International Website

SAE Aerospace Standards (AS)

AS5537 Weather Support to Deicing Decision Making (WSDDM) Winter Weather Nowcasting System 

AS5635 Message Boards (MBs)

AS5900 Standard Test Method for Aerodynamic Acceptance of AMS1424 and AMS1428 Aircraft Deicing/Anti-Icing Fluids

AS5901 Water Spray and High Humidity Endurance Test Methods for AMS1424 and AMS1428 Aircraft Deicing/Anti-Icing Fluids

AS6285 Aircraft Ground Deicing/Anti-Icing Processes 

AS6286 Aircraft Ground Deicing/Anti-Icing Training and Qualification Program

AS6332 Aircraft Ground Deicing/Anti-Icing Quality Management 

AS9968 Laboratory Viscosity Measurement of Thickened Aircraft Deicing/Anti-icing Fluids with a Viscometer

SAE Aerospace Recommended Practices (ARP)

ARP1971 Aircraft Deicing Vehicle – Self-Propelled

ARP4902 Design of Aircraft Deicing Facilities

ARP5660 Deicing Facility Operational Procedures

ARP5718 Qualifications Required for SAE Type II/III/IV Aircraft Deicing/Anti-Icing Fluid

ARP6207 Qualifications Required for SAE Type I Aircraft Deicing/Anti-Icing Fluids

ARP6852 Methods and Processes for Evaluation of Aerodynamic Effects of SAE-Qualified Aircraft Deicing/Anti-Icing Fluids

SAE Aerospace Material Specifications (AMS)

AMS1424 Fluid, Aircraft Deicing/Anti-Icing, SAE Type I

AMS1424/1 Deicing/Anti-Icing Fluid, Aircraft SAE Type I Glycol (Conventional and Nonconventional) Based

AMS 1428 Fluid, Aircraft Deicing/Anti-Icing, Non-Newtonian (Pseudoplastic), SAE Types II, III, and IV

AMS1428/1 Fluid, Aircraft Deicing/Anti-Icing, Non-Newtonian (Pseudoplastic), SAE Types II, III, and IV Glycol (Conventional and Non-Conventional) Based

AMS1431 Solid Runway Deicing/Anti-icing Product

AMS1435 Liquid Runway Deicing/Anti-icing Product

SAE Aerospace Information Reports (AIR)

AIR5567 Test Method for Catalytic Carbon Brake Disk Oxidation

AIR5704 Field Viscosity Test for Thickened Aircraft Anti-Icing Fluids

AIR6130 Cadmium Plate Cyclic Corrosion Test

AIR6232 Aircraft Surface Coating Interaction with Aircraft Deicing/Anti-icing Fluids

AIR6284 Forced Air or Forced Air/Fluid Equipment for Removal of Frozen Contaminants

AIR7988 Impact of Alkali Metal-Based Runway De-Icing Fluids on Aircraft Electrical Systems