The FAA runway safety report reflects the trends for fiscal years 1999 through 2002 and expands the understanding of runway safety trends, clarify runway safety issues, and heighten the awareness of runway safety risk management across the aviation community. FAA runway safety data contains runway incursion data for all U.S. towered airports from FY 1999 through FY 2002 and includes the following for each airport: yearly number and rate of runway incursions, yearly severity trends of runway incursions, number of surface incidents.
This report presents the results an audit of the FAA¿s Runway Safety Area (RSA) program. An RSA is a rectangular space around a runway that provides critical safety margins for landing and departing aircraft, thereby helping to minimize the risk to aircraft and passengers from flights that undershoot, overrun, or veer off a runway. Over the last 10 years, 75 aircraft have overrun or veered off the Nation¿s runways, resulting in nearly 200 injuries and 12 fatalities. The audit objectives were to: (1) assess airport sponsors¿ and FAA¿s progress and challenges, if any, in fulfilling the congressional RSA mandate; and (2) evaluate the effectiveness of FAA¿s process for identifying, prioritizing, and funding needed RSA improvements. Illustrations.
Witnesses: James M. Crites, Exec. V.P. for Operations, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport; Dr. Gerald Dillingham, Dir., Physical Infrastructure Issues, GAO; Patrick Forrey, Pres., Nat. Air Traffic Controllers Assoc.; Hank Krakowski, Chief Operating Officer, Air Traffic Organization, Fed. Aviation Admin. (FAA), accompanied by Wes Timmons, Nat. Dir. of Runway Safety, FAA; Captain John Prater, Pres., Air Line Pilots Assoc., International. Submissions for the Record: James M. Crites, ¿Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Perimeter Taxiway Demonstration,¿ Karen Buondonno and Kimberlea Price, July 2003; Hank Krakowski, six inserts for the record and three responses to questions. Illus.
TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 3: Analysis of Aircraft Overruns and Undershoots for Runway Safety Areas explores overrun and undershoot accident and incident data conditions relating to these occurrences. The report also includes an assessment of risk in relation to the runway safety area and highlights a set of alternatives to the traditional runway safety area.
Practical Airport Operations, Safety, and Emergency Management: Protocols for Today and the Future focuses on the airport itself, not the aircraft, manufacturers, designers, or even the pilots. The book explores the safety of what's been called ‘the most expensive piece of pavement in any city’— the facility that operates, maintains, and ensures the safety of millions of air passengers every year. The book is organized into three helpful sections, each focusing on one of the sectors described in the title. Section One: Airport Safety, explores the airport environment, then delves into safety management systems. Section Two: Airport Operations, continues the conversation on safety management systems before outlining airside and landside operations in depth, while Section Three: Airport Emergency Management, is a careful, detailed exploration of the topic, ending with a chapter on the operational challenges airport operations managers can expect to face in the future. Written by trusted experts in the field, users will find this book to be a vital resource that provides airport operations managers and students with the information, protocols, and strategies they need to meet the unique challenges associated with running an airport. Addresses the four areas of airport management: safety, operations, emergency management, and future challenges together in one book Written by leading professionals in the field with extensive training, teaching, and practical experience in airport operations Includes section on future challenges, including spaceport, unmanned aerial vehicles, and integrated incident command Ancillary materials for readers to reinforce concepts and instructors teaching operations courses Focuses on the topics of safety, operations, emergency management, and what personnel and students studying the topic can expect to face in the future
