COMMITTED TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING SURFACE SAFETY. Southern Region (ASO) Runway Safety Plan FY20 2019-2020 RUNWAY SAFETY COUNCIL (RSC) #47 www.faa.gov ExecutiveExecutive SummarySummary The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) top safety metrics, and leveraged organizational priority is maintaining safety in the National capabilities in support of meeting this goal. TABLE Airspace System (NAS). The goal for runway safety is to decrease the number and severity of FAA Southern Region (ASO) has developed this OF CONTENTS FAA Safety Management System (SMS) Runway Incursions (RI), Runway Excursions (RE) Regional Runway Safety Plan (RRSP) to provide 4 and serious Surface Incidents (SIs). a roadmap with regional emphasis for FY20. This plan, in collaboration with FAA Lines of Business Another leading priority of the FAA is reducing (LOB), outlines a framework to support current Regional Runway Safety Plan (RRSP) Methodology the risk of wrong surface events. A wrong surface and future activities designed to improve runway 6 event includes landing at the wrong airport or on a safety in response to the agency goal and follow taxiway or landing on a runway other than the one up to the NRSP. specified on a landing clearance. It also includes FY20 RRSP Initiatives taking off on a wrong runway or taxiway. Runway This RRSP is aligned with agency priorities, 7 Safety will work with other lines of business, Runway Safety Program FAA ORDER both internal and external to the FAA, to increase 7050.1B and methodologies to include Safety awareness, enhance safety technology and Management Systems. Safety Assurance 8 resolve airport geometry issues. FAA’s current National Runway Safety Plan (NRSP) Safety Risk Management (SRM) outlines the FAA’s strategy to adapt its runway safety efforts through enhanced collection and 10 integrated analysis of data, development of new 12 Safety Policy MICHAEL O’HARRA NOEL KIRBY Regional Administrator, Southern Region Runway Safety Program Manager, Southern Region 14 Safety Promotion TIMOTHY SHAVER CALVIN ROHAN Director, Office of Safety Standards Director (A), Air Traffic Operations Eastern Service Area STEVEN HICKS MARY SHERER Director, Airports Division, Southern Region Director Technical Operations, Eastern Service Area NATASHA DURKINS Director, Eastern Service Center 4 Southern Region (ASO) Runway Safety Plan FY20 Southern Region (ASO) Runway Safety Plan FY20 5 FAA Safety Management FY18-FY20 NRSP Objectives System (SMS) SAFETY Identify Operating Hazards ASSURANCE The FAA employs a Safety Management System The goal for the 2015-2017 NRSP is to leverage new Program Data (SMS) which provides a formalized and proactive processes, sources of safety data, and integrated Voluntary Safety Reporting approach to find, analyze and address risk in the safety analysis to reduce serious runway safety Remain the global leader in assuring NAS. events, and to identify, mitigate and monitor the runway safety enhancement initiatives Investigations conditions and factors that combine to create risk are effective in maintaining an Safety Risk Monitoring A fundamental impact of the 2015-2017 National acceptable level of safety at U.S. before serious events occur. Data Analysis Runway Safety Plan has been the successful airports with an air traffic control integration of SMS principles into Runway Safety To that end, and while formal directives and tower. Partnership for Safety Strategy. The NSRP focuses on the development of agreements are developing, the Southern Region Audits and Evaluations inter-agency strategic processes in the transition Runway Safety Plan will align its activities with the from event-based to risk-based analysis in the principles and components of FAA’s current SMS assessment of current risk and in the prediction of to the greatest extent possible. future risk. SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT Analyze, Assess, Mitigate, and Accept Risk Develop Monitoring Plan Implement Runway Safety Enhancement Initiatives that manage Safety Risk Management or reduce the risk of airport operations. Documents SAFETY POLICY SMS Orders Establish and maintain policies and Safety Guidance procedures to ensure adequate FAA/ATO Safety Orders resources are available to accomplish the FAA’s near-term and strategic SMS Manual objectives. SAFETY PROMOTION Outreach and Education Products Relentlessly promote best practices, lessons learned, and actionable Lessons Learned information obtained from data Workshops analysis to our global runway safety Safety Communication stakeholders. 6 Southern Region (ASO) Runway Safety Plan FY20 Southern Region (ASO) Runway Safety Plan FY20 7 Regional Runway Safety Plan FY20 Regional Runway (RRSP) Methodology Safety Plan Initiatives The Safety Management System is composed Safety Promotion The Regional Runway Safety Team (RRST) will by the Regional Administrator and is composed of four main components which combine to Applicable FAA organizations must establish undertake the following initiatives during FY20. of executives from the Airports Division, Safety create a systematic approach to managing and maintain a safety promotion function. No specific completion dates are provided for Standards Division, Air Traffic Organization, and ensuring safety. These components are: Safety Promotion is a combination of training each action item in this plan, but all are expected and Technical Operations Services. The ASO Safety Policy, Safety Risk Management, Safety and communication of safety information to to be completed. Runway Safety Program Manager monitors and Assurance, and Safety Promotion. participates in the National and Regional Runway support the implementation and operation The RRST will provide the Runway Safety of a Safety Management System. It includes Safety Governance Councils. Safety Policy Governance Council (RSGC) with information to actions taken to create an organizational determine impact and necessary resources for The ASO Runway Safety Program Manager, in Safety Policy is the organization’s documented environment where safety objectives can be assignment to these initiatives. This document is collaboration with other Lines of Business (LOB), commitment to safety, which defines the safety achieved in fulfillment of its mission. fluid and will be evaluated on a continuing basis directly supports the Regional Runway Safety objectives, accountabilities and responsibilities and modified as events warrant. Governance Council and assists in executing of its employees regarding safety management. Top 15 Focus Airports in the Runway Safety Program Initiatives with the Safety Policy must be: All RRST members will collaborate in the RRST. FAA Order 7050.1B establishes RRST Southern Region by Rate development of this plan annually, with concurrence y Documented; which includes the Runway Safety Program staff from the Southern Region RSGC. and at least one designated representative of Rank Airport Airport Name # of RI Airport y Communicated to all employees and Service Area Terminal Operations, Service Area ID RIs Rate Operations The RSGC is tasked with identifying regional responsible parties; Technical Operations Services, Safety Standards, 1 CSG Columbus Metro 10 34.0 29,349 priorities to ensure local runway safety initiatives y and Airports Regional Divisions. Consistent with FAA and U.S. SSP and concerns are properly vetted and coordinated goals and objectives; and 2 MQY Smyrna Airport 12 13.7 87,331 for support and mitigation. The RSGC is chaired y Reviewed periodically to ensure it 3 SRQ Sarasota/Braden- 10 8.5 116,364 remains relevant and appropriate. ton Intl Safety Risk Management 4 PIE St Petersburg- 10 7.9 125,550 Clearwater Intl All applicable FAA organizations must establish and maintain a Safety Risk Management (SRM) 5 GMU Greenville 4 7.8 51,191 Downtown Airport function that provides for initial and continuing identification of hazards and the analysis and 6 ILM Wilmington Intl 4 6.6 60,126 assessment of risk. SRM functions ensure that 7 ORL Executive Airport 7 6.5 107,097 appropriate safety risk controls are developed and employed operationally. 8 FMY Page Field 6 6.1 96,906 Safety Assurance 9 PNS Pensacola Re- 6 5.46 110,109 gional All applicable FAA organizations must 10 SGJ St Augustine 7 5.3 130,137 establish and maintain Safety Assurance Airport processes to ensure that safety risk controls 11 SAV Savannah/Hilton 5 5.3 93,778 achieve their intended objectives and are Head Intl used to assess operations to identify hazards. 12 LOU Bowman Field 4 5.2 76,561 Safety Assurance includes monitoring systems of interest and assessing the need for new 13 PDK DeKalb-Peachtree 6 4.6 128,311 risk controls, modification of ineffective risk Airport controls, or elimination of those no longer 14 FXE Fort Lauderdale 7 4.4 155,584 needed due to changes in the operational Executive Airport environment. 15 FTY Fulton CO Air- 2 3.8 51,778 port-Brown Field 8 Southern Region (ASO) Runway Safety Plan FY20 Southern Region (ASO) Runway Safety Plan FY20 9 1. Safety Assurance MILESTONES FY18-FY20 NRSP Safety Assurance Objective: Remain the global 1.2 1.7 leader in assuring Runway Safety enhancement initiatives are Runway Safety shares Runway Safety attended the information with Quality Control Fort Lauderdale, FL (FXE) effective in maintaining an acceptable level of safety at U.S Airports Groups (QCG) prior to ATC facility airport Services Rendered with an air traffic control tower. external compliance verification Teleconference (SRT) in July (ECV) activities. 2020 for a surface safety Runway Safety will