Runway Safety

The Global Reporting Format  The ICAO EUR/NAT Regional Office placed emphasis on the implementation of the new Global Reporting Format (GRF) for runway surface conditions. GRF is the new ICAO methodology for assessing and reporting runway…
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Despite the challenges brought about by the current crisis, runway safety remains one of ICAO’s top priorities. Although there has been a severe reduction in air traffic, runway incursions and excursions continue to occur. Some risks might…
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After more than a decade of development, review and preparation, the applicability date for the Global Reporting Format (GRF) for runway surface conditions (the ‘GRF’) is here. As of 4 November 2021, this important set of runway…
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The ICAO Global Reporting Format (GRF) for assessing and reporting runway surface conditions, which became applicable worldwide today, will help mitigate the risk of runway excursions, which continue to be the most common form of an…
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Runway safety is the aviation industry’s No. 1 risk category. With a recent study from Airbus revealing that runway overruns and excursions accounted for 36% of hull losses and 16% of fatal accidents between 1999 and 2019, airports of all…
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There are now only a few months until the 4 November 2021 applicability date for ICAO’s Global Reporting Format (GRF) for assessing and reporting runway surface conditions. Planning should now be in place, focal points should have been…
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With the coming into effect this November of its new Global Reporting Format for Runway Surface Conditions (GRF), ICAO has agreed to partner with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Civil Air Navigation Services…
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Eight Pacific civil aviation authorities, including Pacific airports representatives, recently participated in an expert airport runway safety training webinar that was organized by the Pacific Aviation Safety Office (PASO) on Thursday,…
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The heart of the airport is the vast movement area extending before and including the runway, along the taxiways and onto the apron. New aircraft models, increased aircraft operations, operations in lower visibilities and technological…
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Runway safety-related accidents and incidents are aviation’s number one safety-related risk category, with 59 reported accidents in 2016, of which more than half were due to runway excursions, according to  ICAO iSTARS data. A runway…
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