michael j. o’donnell, a.a.e. director of airport safety and standards march 2010 federal aviation...

Michael J. O’Donnell, A.A.E. Director of Airport Safety and

Standards

March 2010

Federal AviationAdministration

FAA Eastern Region Annual Airports

ConferenceHershey, PA

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Airport Safety & Standards Initiatives

•FAA Call to Action - Reducing Runway Incursions

•Enhanced Airport Markings

•New Airfield Lighting Systems and Sources

•Runway Safety Areas (RSAs) – Public Law

•Engineered Material Arresting Systems (EMAS)

•Wildlife Hazard Mitigation

•Safety Management Systems (SMS)

•Planning and Programming

•International

•FAA Airport Technology R&D


Runway Incursion Reduction Goal

• Reduce Incursions by 10% over five years (2013)

• Monthly rate as of March 1st is 12.5.

• At that rate, we will have about 150 for the year,

• This is below the 190 not-to-exceed number for 2010.


Airports by Number of FY09 V/PDs7 5 4 3 2

FCM FAI MRI ADS BOS MDW

ORD ATL BUF MSN

DAL DWH PDK

DEN FLL POU

DTN FTW PRC

DTW HWO SEE

EWR IAD SJU

PAE IAH SWF

SFO IPT SWO

TUS LAS TPA

Orange = Non-139 LAX UES

Green = 139 LHD YKM


FY 09 V/PDs - Types of Vehicles

Contractor Vehicles, 11, 7%

FBO/Tenant Vehicles, 9, 6%

POVs, 23, 16%

Airport Vehicles, 41, 29%

Emergency Vehicles, 15, 10%Construction Vehicles, 12, 8%

Tugs, 11, 7%

Govt Vehicles, 11, 7%

Other Vehicles, 14, 10%


RSA Improvement Program & Public Law 109-115

• Started in 2000 to improve RSAs at certificated airports to standard (1,000 ft.) or to the extent practicable.($1.2B)

• Started with 618 RSAs• 465 (75%) RSAs are

complete• 153 Remaining 2010-2015


RSA Improvement Program: Progress

RSA Improvements:

2000 - 2009465

2010 - 2015153

GOAL618


Quito, Ecuador (November 2007)

Tegucigalpa, Honduras (May 2008)

Chicago Midway, USA(December 2005)

Toronto, Canada (August 2005)

Sao Paulo, Brazil (July 2007)

Recent Overrun Accidents

Brussels, Belgium (May 2008)

Chicago Midway, USA

(December 2005)


Successful EMAS Capture Saves 34 Pax and Crew

EMAS capture of a Bombardier CRJ-200

Regional Jet at Charleston, WV January 2010


34 Passengers and Crew


Charleston, WV – Most Recent


EMAS Installations

Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, LA Roanoke Regional Airport, WV

Little Rock Airport, AR Greater Binghamton Airport, NYPhotos Courtesy of ESCO


Wildlife Hazard Mitigation


Wildlife Strike Update• Wildlife Strike Database went public and redesigned

http://wildlife-mitigation.tc.faa.gov/wildlife/default.aspx

• Online strike reporting – http://www.faa.gov/wireless• Outside Review of Wildlife Strike Database

– Higher level of reporting – However, the number of damaging strikes has not increased– Determined the current level of reporting (39 percent) is

statistically valid and is sufficient for the FAA to develop national trends and mitigation policies.

• Cert Alert for Wildlife Hazard Assessments with Triggering Events

• NPRM for Mandatory Wildlife Hazard Assessments


Safety Management System (SMS)

• ICAO required certificated airports to have in operation an SMS by November 24, 2005– Part 139 Amendment –

Rulemaking project initiated– AC for SMS Development– SMS Pilot Projects – Over 30

Airports Participated– ACRP Research– Trade group cooperation


Safety Management System (SMS)

• FAA is incorporating SMS into its organizations– ATO SMS is

operational– ARP and AVS SMS in

development


Planning and Programming

1. ARRA accomplishments. We’re extremely proud of what we were able to accomplish, in partnership with airports, states, consultants and contractors. We awarded 100% of the funds available for grants at 334 airports, creating or funding an estimated 6,000 jobs nationwide. Thanks to everyone involved.

2. Jobs bill. Everything we’re hearing at the moment suggests that there won’t be an airports component in a jobs bill. However, we’re really focused on getting access to the remaining $1.5 billion that Congress appropriated for AIP in FY-2010. We’re optimistic that Congress will extend our authorization beyond March 31.

3. Split-year AIP. We appreciate everyone’s cooperation as we implement a split-year AIP program for the third year in a row. It’s complicated for all parties involved, and we appreciate everyone’s patience as we work through the issues.


International…

• ICAO• Iraq• Haiti• Ghana• Jamaica• Afghanistan


FAA Airport TechnologyResearch & Development

• $18 Million in funding per year• Research Areas:

– Pavements

– Planning and design

– Lighting and marking

– Rescue and firefighting

– Wildlife hazard mitigation

– Runway safety

Airport Cooperative Research Program

(ACRP)

• $10 Million in funding per year

• Over 94 projects underway

FAA Technical Center

http://www.airporttech.tc.faa.gov/

http://www.trb.org/crp/acrp/acrp.asp


Q U E S T I O N S ?

Michael J. O’Donnell, A.A.E.

Director, Airport Safety & Standards AAS-1

800 Independence Blvd, SW, RM 620

Washington, D.C. 20591

(202) 267-8776

mike.o’[email protected]

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