Introduction

The ICAO Runway Safety Toolkit is a downloadable set of material regarding runway incursion prevention developed in 2005 by ICAO in cooperation with Embry Riddle University consisting of documents, posters, quizzes and short films designed to accomplish three major objectives:
1.    Raise the awareness level of all participants in aerodrome movements regarding the dangers that accompany runway incursions;
2.    Identify the most common hazards, and describe why they occur; and
3.    Provide practical solutions and best operating practices that will improve runway safety.

Content of the Toolkit

In order to best accomplish these objectives, the Toolkit is organized by user interest. Some areas, are intended for all users, as is much of the supplemental material. Most of the primary content is presented in functional area sections as follows:

1. Air Traffic Control
2. Flight Operations
3. Aerodromes and Ground Aids
4. Management Responsibilities

Finally, human factors considerations have been built into the discussions and solutions presented throughout the Toolkit. The emphasis, therefore, will be on human actions rather than technology remedies.

Obtaining the Toolkit

The Toolkit may be downloaded free of charge in a format intended to be burned onto a CD-ROM, from ICAO Runway Safety webpage.

Another option is to download the material from the ICAO Runway Safety Implementation Kit website which also provides further links to runway safety related material developed by other organization.

Further Reading

• ICAO Doc 9870 App J - ICAO Runway Safety Toolkit
• RWY Safety Maturity Checklist a MS Excel tool developed by CANSO to successfully measure the safety maturity of runways
• RWY Safety Maturity Checklist Flyer
• RWY Safety Maturity Checklist a presentation by EUROCONTROL