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Runway Safety Area (RSA)

• Safety Enhancement

• AC 150/5300-13

- Standard dimensions and requirements

- Frangible objects fixed by function

• AC 150/5220-22

- Engineered Material Arresting System

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Current FAA Policy on RSAs

• 14 CFR Part 139, Certification of Airports

• FAA Order 5200.8, Runway Safety Area

Program

• FAA Order 5200.9, Finenciet Feasibility of

Runway Safety Areas and EMAS

• AC 150/5300-13, Change 7

• RSA Upgrade Program

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14 CFR Part 139

• 1988: "To the extent practicable," each

certificate holder must provide an RSA that

meets FAA standards at the time of

construction, reconstruction, or significant

expansion of the runway.

• 2004: "In a manner authorized by the

Administrator, ..." Intent is the same.

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"To the extent practicable"

• Not defined

• Recognizes that a project may be

technically possible but not feasible or

reasonable for some reason

• In practice, FAA has considered

practicability to include:

- Technical difficulty

- Cost and cost-benefit

- Ownership or control of land needed for RSA

- Effect of solution on airport operations

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Order 5200.8, Runway Safety Area Program

-1999

• OBJECTIVE:

- All RSAs at certificated and federally obligated

airports shall conform to standards to the extent

practicable.

• Establishes "RSA Determination."

• Considers entire standard RSA area, even if

the actual RSA is nonstandard.

• Provides guidance in assessing alternatives

for RSA improvements.

• Requires consideration of EMAS.

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Order 5200.9, Financial Feasibility and

Equivalency of Runway Safety Area

Improvements and Engineered Materials

Arresting Systems - 2004

• Establishes financial practicability based on

cost of standard solutions, including EMAS.

• Provides guidance in comparing EMAS with

other alternatives based on lifecycle cost.

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RSA Upgrade Process

• Regional Airports Divisions inventory RSAs

• Practicability determination on upgrade

potential of nonstandard Part 139 RSAs

• To comply with Part 139 and be eligible for

AlP grant: RSA must be improved to

standards or lAW practicability

determination

• Airport Engineering Division maintains

current RSA inventory and status

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Means to upgrade RSAs

• Improvements to RSAs to standards, or to

the extent practicable, can include:

Means available Actual Use to date

- Land acquisition 30/0

- Construction/grading 63%

- EMAS 5%

- Declared distances 21 %

- Reconfiguring the runway 14%

- Eliminate nonfrangible objects 19%

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Declared Distances

• Alternative to meet RSA standards at

constrained airports.

• RSA affects Landing Distance Available and

Accelerate-Stop Distance Available.

• Does not decrease actual length of runway.

• LDA and ASDA require runway length

calculations to subtract RSA shortage.

• LDA may require actual threshold

displacement.

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RSA Upgrade Program

• Goal: To accomplish the upgrade of

nonstandard RSAs sooner than would

occur under 14 CFR §139.309(a) at the time

of the next major runway project

• Not regulatory, but accomplished by

coordination with airport sponsors and

targeted award of AlP grant funds

• Required national inventory of RSAs at

commercial airports

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RSA Upgrade Program 2000

• Inventory of RSAs in 2000 found that:

• Of 1024 Part 139 runways:

- 526 were within 900/0 of standards

- 456 RSAs were not already within 900~ of standards

and could be improved to some degree

- 42 RSAs could not be improved

• Adopted 7-year plan to initiate RSA

upgrades at the 456 airports without waiting

for runway reconstruction

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RSA Upgrade Program 2005

• Changed annual goal to projects completed

• New inventory and funding plan to update

completion dates and program costs

• 2010: practicable upgrades completed at

92% of the 456 airports in the program

• When program is completed in 2015:

- 860/0of all Part 139 runways will substantially meet

Part139 standards

- Remaining 140/0will have been upgraded to the

extent practicable.

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RSA Upgrade Program

accomplishments

Since 2000:

• FAA has completed more than 200 RSA projects.

• As of August 2005:

- Of 997 Part 139 runways, more than 650 substantially comply

with FAA standards - about 66%

- 248 RSAs remained to be upgraded

- 34 additional RSAs are scheduled for completion in FY 2006

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MOW Runway Safety Areas

• Two Part 139 runways:

- 13C/31C

- 4R/22L

• All 4 ends constrained by roads and other

infrastructure.

• Contain blast fences and navigation aids.

• Irregular shape has resulted in differences

in reported lengths.

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FAA and the City of Chicago

• 2000 RSA determination

- ADO transmittal letter: "Explore all options ..."

• 2004 and 2005 meetings

- FAA request to reassess RSA improvements

- City consultant's report and letter 5/04

- FAA draft letter 12/04

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MOW RSAs: Current status

• Since December 2005

- HQ, RO, ADO met with City in January 2006

- Regular meetings with city and consultant

- Considered advances in EMAS technology

- City plans for use of EMAS

• 2006 Practicability determination

- City requested approval of nonstandard EMAS

- Approved by FAA

• Plan for upgrade of MDW RSAs

- $15M AlP grant in FY 2006 - Phase 1

- FAA approval of plan for all 4 RWends

- First project: EMAS on RW 31C departure end

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