How can you use runway safety risk monitoring and reporting to keep pilots and airlines informed?

2 How to monitor runway safety risks?

To monitor runway safety risks, you need to establish a runway safety management system (RSMS) that defines the roles and responsibilities, the policies and procedures, the performance indicators and targets, and the tools and technologies for runway safety. You also need to coordinate with the relevant stakeholders, such as air traffic control, ground handling, maintenance, emergency services, and regulators, to ensure a collaborative and integrated approach. Moreover, you need to conduct regular and ad hoc runway inspections, audits, and assessments, to identify and evaluate the physical, operational, environmental, and human factors that could affect the runway safety.

3 How to report runway safety risks?

To report runway safety risks, you need to use clear and consistent formats and channels, such as electronic forms, databases, dashboards, alerts, and notifications. You also need to follow the applicable standards and regulations, such as the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 14 and Doc 9870, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Advisory Circular 150/5200-37 and Order 7050.1, and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Regulation 139/2014 and Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance Material (GM). Furthermore, you need to ensure the timeliness, accuracy, completeness, and confidentiality of the runway safety risk reports, and to encourage a positive safety culture that supports voluntary and non-punitive reporting.

4 How to inform pilots and airlines about runway safety risks?

To inform pilots and airlines about runway safety risks, you need to communicate the relevant information in a timely, effective, and user-friendly manner. You can use various methods, such as pre-flight briefings, notices to airmen (NOTAMs), automated terminal information service (ATIS), surface movement guidance and control system (SMGCS), runway status lights (RWSL), and low visibility procedures (LVPs). You also need to provide feedback and recommendations, such as runway condition reports (RCRs), runway condition assessment matrix (RCAM), and runway safety action plans (RSAPs). Additionally, you need to solicit and address the queries, concerns, and suggestions of the pilots and airlines, and to involve them in the runway safety risk management process.

5 How to improve runway safety risk monitoring and reporting?

To improve runway safety risk monitoring and reporting, you need to continuously measure, review, and improve the runway safety performance and processes. You can use various techniques, such as data analysis, trend analysis, root cause analysis, risk matrix, and safety indicators. You also need to implement corrective and preventive actions, such as runway maintenance, markings, lighting, signage, and geometry. Moreover, you need to share and learn from the best practices and lessons learned from other airports, organizations, and agencies, such as the Runway Safety Programme (RSP) of ICAO, the Runway Safety Initiative (RSI) of FAA, and the European Action Plan for the Prevention of Runway Incursions (EAPPRI) of EASA.