Some airport authorities continue to make runway holding positions more visible to flight crews. NAV CANADA has amended radio communications protocols so that instructions are better understood and followed. With NAV CANADA’s Runway Safety Action Team taking the lead, aviation industry stakeholders are addressing some of the factors that can lead to runway incursions by implementing incremental improvements to policies, and adapting procedures, technologies, and infrastructure.įor example, in Canada, in-cockpit aids to increase situational awareness, such as electronic flight bags with moving maps, are becoming more prevalent with operators. Reducing the risk of runway incursions is a complex issue and requires collaboration from all sectors of the aviation industry and tailored solutions for each airport. There is no one solution that will reduce runway incursions on its own. Even when more needs to be done, some initial steps have often been taken. Issues on the Watchlist are complex and difficult to solve, requiring action from many stakeholders including operators and the regulator. The International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO’s) 2017 Global Runway Safety Action Plan noted that “although the runway incursion accidents reported between the period of 2008 to 2016 is very low, the number of runway incursion incidents remains high.” Action taken Therefore, the Board is concerned that the rate of runway incursions in Canada and the associated risks of collision will remain elevated until effective defenses created to address identified hazards are implemented at airports and in aircraft, vehicles and air traffic service facilities across Canada.
The risks to people, property, and the environmentĪlthough there has not been a recent collision as a result of a runway incursion in Canada, the potential consequences of a collision could be catastrophic. As a result of this investigation, the TSB made 4 recommendations intended to address some of the risks related to incursions. Since this issue was added to the Watchlist in 2010, the TSB has completed 18 investigations into runway incursions, including a safety issue investigation focused on the south complex parallel runways at Toronto Pearson International Airport (CYYZ). Although only a few of these incursions were classified as high risk, the consequences of a collision could be significant given the levels of injury or loss of life from a single accident. NAV CANADA recorded 623 runway incursions in Canada in 2019 (up from 334 in 2010). This is an 86% increase over ten years (or an annualized increase of 6.3% per year). However, the runway incursion rate in Canada has risen from an average rate of 5.3 incursions per 100 000 arrivals and departures in 2010 to an average of 9.9 in 2019. The aviation industry has been collaborating and making gradual, incremental changes to address this risk.
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