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Wes Timmons, Director of Runway Safety, FAA April 2009 Federal Aviation Administration Runway Safety: Sun ‘N Fun Update.

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1 Wes Timmons, Director of Runway Safety, FAA April 2009 Federal Aviation Administration Runway Safety: Sun ‘N Fun Update

2 Sun ‘N Fun Federal Aviation Administration April 2009 1 All Categories Tower Operations (millions) 4.5 6.5 5.5 6.0 7.0 4.0 5.0 Runway Incursion Rate Runway Incursions per 1,000,000 Tower Operations YTD 09/30/07 5.14 5.16 62.7863.12 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

3 Sun ‘N Fun Federal Aviation Administration April 2009 All Categories Tower Operations (millions) 9.0 13.0 11.0 12.0 14.0 8.0 10.0 Runway Incursion Rate Runway Incursions per 1,000,000 Tower Operations YTD 03/26/08 63.1263.01 RUNWAY INCURSIONS – ICAO Definition 61.13 * Rates are based on Estimated Tower Operations 61.15 15.0

4 Sun ‘N Fun Federal Aviation Administration April 2009 Category A&B Rates and Counts (FY 2007) 5 Total Category A&B Runway Incursions YTD FY 2007: 24 Total Category A&B Runway Incursions YTD FY 2006: 31

5 Sun ‘N Fun Federal Aviation Administration April 2009 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.

6 Sun ‘N Fun Federal Aviation Administration April 2009

7 Sun ‘N Fun Federal Aviation Administration April 2009 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

8 Sun ‘N Fun Federal Aviation Administration April 2009 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.

9 Sun ‘N Fun Federal Aviation Administration April 2009 Category A&B Rates and Counts (FY 2008) 6 Total Category A&B Runway Incursions YTD FY 2008: 12 Total Category A&B Runway Incursions YTD FY 2007: 5

10 Sun ‘N Fun Federal Aviation Administration April 2009 FY 2008 Category A&B Rates and Counts Total Category A&B Runway Incursions YTD FY 2008: 25 Total Category A&B Runway Incursions YTD FY 2007: 24 7

11 Sun ‘N Fun Federal Aviation Administration April 2009 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.

12 Sun ‘N Fun Federal Aviation Administration April 2009 Tower Operations (millions) 12.0 10.0 14.0 Runway Incursion Rate Runway Incursions per 1,000,000 Tower Operations 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 2 18.0 17.23 58.56

13 Sun ‘N Fun Federal Aviation Administration April 2009 Category A&B Runway Incursions Tower Operations (millions) Category A&B Runway Incursion Rate Runway Incursions per 1,000,000 Tower Operations YTD 03/30/09 0.500 0.400 0.300 29 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 * 4

14 Sun ‘N Fun Federal Aviation Administration April 2009 Definition of Program: Conceptual Diagram of RWSL System

15 Sun ‘N Fun Federal Aviation Administration April 2009 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

16 Sun ‘N Fun Federal Aviation Administration April 2009 Questions??


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