APS Passenger Airstairs - Narrow and Wide Body
Offering the widest range of optional and specialty features in the industry, including covers and canopies, wheelchair lift platform and adaptation as a Fire & Rescue vehicle, (see the APS60FR).
Ask about our smaller truck-mounted 42” (1066 mm) stair parallelogram model to service doorsill heights between 96” (2400 mm) to 140” (3556 mm) or 177” (4495 mm)
Description of Chassis
Ford F450 4 x 2 chassis
Isuzu NPRHD
AccessAir chassis
Upgrades are required if cover & dual-canopy assemblies are selected.
Standard Dimensions
Overall size may vary according to chassis and options chosen:
Stair width: 60” (1520 mm)
Upper Platform Size: Width 100” (2540 mm) x Depth 115” (2920 cm)
Design Standards
Manufactured to North American and International Codes:
- SAE standards for Airstairs
- I.A.T.A. standards for Passenger Boarding Stairs
No. AHM 910, 913 and 915 as well as A.S.M.E and UL
Construction
Upper and lower stairs fabricated with structural and tubular steel frame
Single layer galvanized side panels to prevent rusting
Top platform width & depth allows for opening door of aircraft without sliding the gate back
Risers and top platform manufactured with checker aluminum anti-skid plates
Handrails fabricated using polished stainless steel
Rubber bumpers on platform forward edge and on sliding door edge
Electric Systems
(8) Flood lights to illuminate front, side and back of vehicle, as well as upper platform
Fully-illuminated steps - (one light on each step)
Control panel in cab, optional control panel on top platform
Warning lights in cab
12 volt power
Standard chassis gauges and indicators