COMMITTED TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING SURFACE SAFETY. Alaska Region (AAL) Runway Safety Plan FY20 2019-2020 RUNWAY SAFETY COUNCIL (RSC) #45 www.faa.gov Executive Summary The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) top data, development of new safety metrics, and priority is maintaining safety in the National leveraged organizational capabilities in support TABLE Airspace System (NAS). The goal for runway of meeting this goal. safety is to improve safety by decreasing the OF CONTENTS FAA Safety Management System (SMS) 4 number and severity of Runway Incursions (RI), In support of the NRSP, and in support of Runway Excursions (RE) and serious Surface Air Traffic Organization (ATO) Safety and Incidents. FAA’s 2018- 2020 National Runway Technical Training (AJI) FY2018 Business Plan, the Alaskan Region (AAL) has developed this Regional Runway Safety Plan (RRSP) Methodology Safety Plan (NRSP) outlines the FAA’s strategy 6 to adapt its runway safety efforts through Regional Runway Safety Plan (RRSP) to provide enhanced collection and integrated analysis of a roadmap with regional emphasis for FY2020. 7 FY20 RRSP Initiatives 8 Safety Assurance 10 Safety Risk Management (SRM) 12 Safety Policy 16 Safety Promotion 4 Alaskan Region (AAL) Runway Safety Plan FY20 Alaskan Region (AAL) Runway Safety Plan FY20 5 FAA Safety Management FY18-FY20 NRSP Objectives System (SMS) SAFETY FAA is employing and evolving a Safety The National Runway Safety Plan 2018-2020 ASSURANCE Identify Operating Hazards Management System (SMS), which provides a aligns our strategic priorities with established Program Data formalized and proactive approach to system Safety Risk Management principles. The plan Remain the global leader in assuring Voluntary Safety Reporting safety in order to find, analyze and address defines how the FAA, airports, and industry runway safety enhancement initiatives Investigations risk in the NAS. The SMS is comprised of partners collaborate and use data-driven, risk- are effective in maintaining an Safety Risk Monitoring four main components, which combine to based decision-making to enhance the safety acceptable level of safety at U.S. create a systemic approach to managing and of the National Airspace System. airports with an air traffic control Data Analysis ensuring safety. These components are Safety tower. Partnership for Safety Assurance, Safety Risk Management, and This regional plan endeavors to align its Audits and Evaluations Safety Policy, Safety Promotion. Presently, activities with the principles and components the ATO and Airports Division utilize SMS as a of FAA’s current Safety Management System. systemic approach to managing the safety of AAL Regional Runway Safety Initiatives airport operations. are grouped according to the FAA’s Four SAFETY RISK The NRSP focuses on the development of the Pillars of SMS: Safety Assurance, Safety MANAGEMENT Analyze, Assess, Mitigate, interagency strategic processes to transition Risk Management, and Safety Policy, Safety and Accept Risk from event-based safety to risk-based safety Promotion. Implement Runway Safety Develop Monitoring Plan using multiple data sources and stakeholder Enhancement Initiatives that manage Safety Risk Management subject matter experts to assess current risk, or reduce the risk of airport operations. Documents predict future risk, and establish relevant metrics that measure the reduction in risk. SAFETY POLICY SMS Orders Establish and maintain policies and Safety Guidance procedures to ensure adequate resources are available to accomplish FAA/ATO Safety Orders the FAA’s near-term and strategic SMS Manual objectives. SAFETY PROMOTION Outreach and Education Relentlessly promote best practices, Products lessons learned, and actionable Lessons Learned information obtained from data Workshops analysis to our global runway safety stakeholders. Safety Communication 6 Alaskan Region (AAL) Runway Safety Plan FY20 Alaskan Region (AAL) Runway Safety Plan FY20 7 Regional Runway Safety Plan FY20 Regional The Following Initiatives (RRSP) Methodology Runway Safety Are Covered In This Plan: 1.1 Incorporation of Trend Information into RRSP In accordance with FAA ORDER 7050.1B, the AAL well as systemic problems to reduce surface risk at Plan Initiatives Runway Safety Governance Council (RGC) is chaired regional airports and elevate critical issues to the Support of NextGen Surface by the Regional Administrator and is composed of RGC. 1.2 the Regional Runway Safety Program Manager To assist with the implementation process of Safety Technologies this plan, the RRST has developed the initiatives (RRSPM) and executives or designees from FAA Directive Airports Division, Flight Standards Service and ATO noted below as its primary focus. The RRST will Runway Safety Program Order 7050.1B 2.1 RRST support of LRSAT/RSATs and RSAPs Operations. At the direction of the AAL Regional be working in concert with the appropriate field prescribes the FAA Runway Safety Program Administrator, other directors and managers have office manager within each respective LOB to (RSP). This directive establishes policy, been added to the AAL RGC and are identified on the implement the initiatives as outlined. AAL RRSP FY2018 Initiative: Support assigns responsibility, and delegates authority signature page. The council meets quarterly and is 2.2 Airports Division Runway Incursion for ensuring compliance with this order within. In addition to these priorities and currently responsible for ensuring that regional initiatives and identified initiatives, the RRST will monitor and Mitigation (RIM) Program actions are being accomplished in the appropriate elevate appropriate impromptu issues to the manner and timeframe. RGC. This is a living document and the RRST 3.1 Runway Safety – SMS Continuity In accordance with FAA Order 7050.1B, the AAL AAL Priority Airport will update issues as needed and keep the RGC apprised. Regional Runway Safety Team (RRST) is comprised and Airports of Interest 3.2 AAL Regional Commitments of Runway Safety staff and at least one designated The Regional Administrator as well as all Runway Safety efforts are an ongoing process; representative of Service Area Terminal Operations, the LOB represented on the RGC will attend therefore, trend assessment and monitoring plans Flight Service Station Pilot Outreach Service Area Technical Operations, and the Flight or have a representative at all Alaska Local must continue to be evaluated. All AAL towered Standards Service, and Airports regional divisions. Safety Meeting (Runway Safety and RSAT meetings. airport trends will be routinely monitored by the 4.1 These are the required members of the RRST, RRST. Based on the data, if the RRST evaluates Airborne) at non-towered airports with referred to in this plan as the RRST Core members. certain airports to be worthy of more focused AAL Priority Airport: a Flight Service Station on site RGC members will identify their Line of Business attention, appropriate monitoring plans and y Lake Hood Sea Plane Base (LHD) (LOB) expert representative(s) to serve on the RRST. mitigations will be developed and recommended by Other members of prominence have been invited the RRST. 4.2 Wrong Surface Events to join the RRST. Appendix A lists the members of AAL Airports of Interest: the RRST. The RRST members assist the RSPM in y Bethel (BET) All applicable lines of business have collaborated 4.3 FAAST General Aviation (GA) WINGS executing the Runway Safety Program. in the development of this plan, which will be y Fairbanks (FAI) updated annually by the RRST. Each plan will The RRST is tasked with identifying regional priorities have the concurrence of the RGC. 4.4 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and working through their executive representative AAL Priority Issues to ensure that issues are properly vetted through The following national issues have an impact their respective LOB for prior coordination before on locations within the region. More detail implementing action on behalf of the RRSP. The regarding these issues is contained in the RRST has aligned this plan with agency priorities, initiatives section: the Runway Safety Program (FAA Order 7050.1B) y Runway Confusion Events: and methodologies to include Safety Management Wrong Surface Events, AAL Systems (SMS). RRSP Initiative 4.2 The RRST functions as a working level team in support of the RGC. The RRST meets regularly throughout the year, usually monthly. The RSPM and LOB subject matter experts will brief the RRST Note: The RGC may elevate systemic issues as on current safety data, trends and issues and appropriate to their respective headquarters LOB solicit input from the other RRST members. The or to the National Gover-nance Council (NGC). RRST will identify and address specific issues as 8 Alaskan Region (AAL) Runway Safety Plan FY20 Alaskan Region (AAL) Runway Safety Plan FY20 9 Activity 1.1 - AAL RRSP FY2020 Initiative: Action Item: Incorporation of Trend Information into the 1.2a The RRST will continue to monitor 1. Safety Assurance RRSP the development of current and emerging RRST members will review and assess airport technologies, especially the implementation trend data. If any new trends emerge that the team of ASSC at ANC, and will report out to the AAL determines to merit extra monitoring, mitigation, RGC. and/or addition to this plan, then changes will be made to this document as required. Action Item: As of September 26, 2019, the schedule for Anchorage International 1.1a Continuous trend monitoring and assessment of the AAL towered airports.