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Key Safety Issues

Runway Safety (approach and landing)

Runway safety (approach and landing) includes such issues as runway excursions, contaminated runways, high approach speeds, unstable approaches and go-around decision making. In our Key Safety Issues, we differentiate runway safety (approach and landing) from runway safety (conflict), which covers aircraft-to-aircraft or aircraft-to-other-vehicle conflicts on runways and taxiways, because of the difference in type of risk and occurrences.

Broadly speaking, runway safety–related events represent one of the International Civil Aviation Organization's high risk occurrence categories. Canada’s Transportation Safety Board lists runway overruns and unstable approaches on its Watchlist 2016 of top safety concerns, and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau lists "handling approach to land" on its most recent SafetyWatch.

Recent Fatal Accidents

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 TOTAL
2 0 0 2 3 7

Source: Aviation Safety Network

Analysis

European Action Plan for the Prevention of Runway Excursions (Eurocontrol)

Runway Safety Programme — Global Runway Safety Action Plan (ICAO)

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Press Release, Runway Safety (approach and landing), 2021 FSF Press Releases

Runway Excursions and Airport Safety Will be Focus of Safety Forum

The Safety Forum is organized by the Foundation, ERA and EUROCONTROL.

by FSF Communications Staff

Runway Safety (approach and landing), 2021 FSF Press Releases

Flight Safety Foundation, Partners Target Runway Excursion Prevention

The release of the Global Action Plan for the Prevention of Runway Excursions (GAPPRE) demonstrates…

by FSF Communications Staff

News, Runway Safety (approach and landing)

Eurocontrol Endorses Concepts to Boost Airport Capacity

Two new concepts for staggered threshold approach procedures could result in a 10 percent increase…

by FSF Editorial Staff

Runway Safety (approach and landing), President's Message

Perpetual Problem

On July 1, a SpiceJet Boeing 737 overran a runway while landing at Mumbai (India)…

by Dr. Hassan Shahidi | President and CEO

Runway Safety (approach and landing), Airport Ops

Lighting the Path

Report shows runway veer-offs may have a link to wide runways without centerline lighting.

by Linda Werfelman

Runway Safety (approach and landing), Flight Ops

Unstable

NTSB reiterates warnings, urges compliance with approach SOPs.

by Linda Werfelman

News, Runway Safety (approach and landing), Airport Ops

ATSB Warns of Wake Turbulence at Sydney Airport

Wake turbulence occurrences are being reported at a disproportionate rate by crews flying into Sydney…

by FSF Editorial Staff

Runway Safety (approach and landing), Causal Factors

‘Something Was Not Right’

After near-disaster at SFO, the NTSB recommends action to aid in correctly identifying intended landing…

by Linda Werfelman

News, Runway Safety (approach and landing), Runway Safety (Conflicts), Safety Oversight

TSB Drops Unstable Approaches From Watchlist

Unstable approaches that continue to landing have been dropped from the Transportation Safety Board (TSB)…

by FSF Editorial Staff

News, Runway Safety (approach and landing), Accident/Incident Investigation

Crew Lack of Awareness Cited in SFO Taxiway Overflight Incident

Wrong surface event “could very easily have had a catastrophic outcome,” NTSB chairman says.

by FSF Editorial Staff

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