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Wes Timmons, Director of Runway Safety, FAA
April 2009
Federal AviationAdministration
Runway Safety:
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323 326 327 330 370
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FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07
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All Categories
Tower Operations (millions)
4.5
6.5
5.5
6.0
7.0
4.0
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YTD 09/30/07
5.14 5.16
62.78 63.12
5.19
RUNWAY INCURSIONS
Rate est. 6.07* as of 09/30/07
63.01
* Rates are based on Estimated Tower Operations
5.40
61.13
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779 816
893 1009
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1000
FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08
All Categories
Tower Operations (millions)
9.0
13.0
11.0
12.0
14.0
8.0
10.0
Ru
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Inc
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YTD 03/26/0863.12 63.01
RUNWAY INCURSIONS – ICAO Definition
61.13
* Rates are based on Estimated Tower Operations
61.15
15.0
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Category A&B Rates and Counts(FY 2007)
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0.194
0.397
0.429
0.393
0.378
0.3020.2330.240.251
0.1530.134
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0.300
0.400
0.500
0.600
0.700
0.800
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FY07 Actual Monthly Cat A&B Count Monthly Cat A Count
Monthly Cat B Count Performance Reference Rate
FY07 Estimated Rate FY06 Actual Rate
Performance Reference Rate FY 2006 = 0.530
Rates are updated after the close of each month and reflect
performance since the beginning of the FY.
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Total Category A&B Runway Incursions YTD FY 2007: 24Total Category A&B Runway Incursions YTD FY 2006: 31
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FAA’s Runway Safety Call To Action• Recent close calls at some of our nation’s busiest
airports show that action must be taken to reduce the risk of runway incursions and wrong runway departures.
• Led by Acting FAA Administrator Bobby Sturgell, more than 40 aviation leaders from airlines, airports, air traffic control and pilot unions, aerospace manufacturers, agreed on August 15, 2007, to an ambitious plan focused on solutions in: cockpit procedures, airport signage and markings, air traffic procedures, and technology.
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Wrong Runway Event Risks:
• Short Taxi Distance• Airport Complexity• One Taxiway Leading to Multiple Runway
Thresholds• Close Proximity of Multiple Runway Thresholds• More than 2 Taxiways Intersecting in One Area• Short Runway (< 5,000 feet)• Joint Use Runway/Taxiway• Single Runway
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Air Traffic Procedures
• Conduct a safety risk analysis of: explicit taxi clearance instructions, explicit runway crossings clearances, take off clearances, multiple landing clearances (including landing clearances too far from the airport). Adapt international phraseology such as "line-up and wait" instead of the U.S. "position and hold" phraseology.
• Explicit taxi instructions and take off clearances implemented. Explicit runway crossing clearances and “line up and wait” scheduled for Fall 2009.
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Category A&B Rates and Counts(FY 2008)
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0.486
0.377
0.684
0.627
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0.500
0.600
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0.800
OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
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FY08 Actual Monthly Cat A&B Count Monthly Cat A Count
Monthly Cat B Count Performance Reference Rate
FY08 Estimated Rate FY07 Actual Rate
Performance Reference Rate FY 2008 = 0.509
Rates are updated after the close of each month and reflect
performance since the beginning of the FY.
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Total Category A&B Runway Incursions YTD FY 2008: 12Total Category A&B Runway Incursions YTD FY 2007: 5
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FY 2008 Category A&B Rates and Counts
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0.377
0.684
0.627
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0.477
0.414
0.436
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0.100
0.200
0.300
0.400
0.500
0.600
0.700
0.800
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Monthly Cat A Count Monthly Cat B Count Performance Reference Rate
FY08 Estimated Rate FY07 Actual Rate
Performance Reference Rate FY 2008 = 0.509
Rates are as of the report date and reflect performance since the
beginning of the FY.
Total Category A&B Runway Incursions YTD FY 2008: 25Total Category A&B Runway Incursions YTD FY 2007: 24
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Reducing Pilot Deviations
• The majority of runway incursions are caused by pilots in violation of regulations and air traffic control instructions–also known as pilot deviations.
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FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09
Tower Operations (millions)
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10.0
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YTD 03/30/09
12.36
63.01
13.34
Rate est. 16.82* as
of 03/30/09
61.13
* Rates are based on Estimated Tower Operations
14.57
61.15
16.0
All Categories of Runway Incursions
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18.0
17.23
58.56
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Category A&B Runway Incursions
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Tower Operations (millions)
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0.30029 31
0.460
* Rates are based on Estimated Tower Operations
63.01
24
0.200
0.507
61.13
25
0.100
61.15
0.392
0.600
0.000
3
58.56
0.427
Rate est. 0.159 * as of 03/30/09 Performance Reference =
0.472 *
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Definition of Program: Conceptual Diagram of RWSL System
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Definition of Program: System Description
Runway Entrance Lights (REL) provide signal to aircraft crossing runway from intersecting taxiway
Takeoff Hold Lights (THL) provide signal to aircraft in position for takeoff
Airport surveillance sensor inputs are processed through safety logic that commands in-pavement lights to illuminate red when there is traffic on or approaching the runway
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