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The Airports Operational Safety Division participates or coordinates risk prevention working groups in various fields such as Track Safety, Bird Strike, Land Assistance, Infrastructure and Airport Operations, FOD (Foreign object debris).

Internally, these working groups are organised around the GTSOA (Operational Safety Working Group in the Airport field) which provides a permanent forum for the analysis and discussion of matters related to safe operation at aerodromes, in order to establish a preventive approach to airport security.

National Aviation and Wildlife Forum

AESA organises on a regular basis the National Aviation and Fauna Forum, with the main objective of promoting relations and coordination between all actors involved in minimising the risk generated by wildlife in aviation.

Among the agreements reached at the Forum, it should be noted that the commitment of the sector has been reached to jointly develop the National Aviation and Fauna Programme, the aim of which is to develop a joint strategy to make aviation development compatible with the environment, in particular with birds, with safety being the main priority.

Specific Working Groups will emerge from this Forum that will analyse specific problems that require detailed attention to be addressed to its resolution. These groups shall consist of multidisciplinary teams composed of technicians from the State Aviation Safety Agency, specialised associations, local representatives, as well as others involved in specific problems affecting operational safety.

Information can be found below the aviation and wildlife forums.

General Plan for Aviation and Fauna

General Aviation and Vultures Day 2025

AESA has organised the 1st CONFERENCE ON GENERAL AVIATION AND VULTURES.

The aim of the conference was to address the problems posed by vultures (griffon vultures and black vultures) for general aviation safety in Spain.

The increase in the population of these species in recent years, as well as the increase in incidents and/or general aviation accidents associated with these species requires the adoption of measures by all the actors involved (competent administrations and industry) and the need to work together in order to find tools that effectively minimise this problem.

General aviation is a key part of the aeronautical structure of our country, and it is necessary to establish concrete and effective measures. In this sense, the conference focused on promoting actions on five essential aspects:

  • Operational security
  • Research and technology
  • Cross-sectoral cooperation
  • Training and awareness-raising
  • Balanced approach

From the celebration of this conference, a path of dialogue and an opportunity for innovation and collaboration is opened, which, with will and commitment, will allow us to find the coexistence between general aviation and wildlife conservation.

Below, you can consult the information and presentations made at this conference.

 

National Forum of Security in Track

Within the framework established in the State Operational Safety Program (PESO), the creation of a National Forum on Track Safety with the main purpose of listening to the Spanish aeronautical sector on track safety has been taken as an action by AESA.

The objectives of this meeting place of the sector are:

  • To know the aspects that the sector identifies as relevant in terms of safety.
  • Promote “good practices” implemented by the sector.
  • Design a National Track Security Program geared to the needs of the sector.
  • Disseminate aspects of interest such as regulatory, technological, organisational changes, etc.
  • Promote the relationship and cooperation between the different parts of the runway operation.

Many organisations in the aeronautical field have participated in this 1st Forum; airport managers, air navigation service providers, airlines, pilots, pilot associations and air controllers, as well as the Air Staff.

Below you can consult the information presented at the 1st National Forum on Track Security.

 

Global Reporting Format (GRF)

The State Aviation Safety Agency (AESA) has produced a triptych on the Global Reporting Format (GRF) that will enter into force on the next 12nd of AGOSTO 2021. The aim is to familiarise stakeholders with this new methodology for assessing and reporting runway surface conditions, which aims to:

  • Standardise the assessment of runway conditions
  • Use of a common language
  • Facilitate the calculation of aircraft performance
  • Global implementation

Assessment and reporting of runway surface condition is essential to provide flight crew with the information necessary for the safe operation of aircraft.

The “Standard Track Status Report (RCR)” is used to report the evaluated information. The philosophy of the GRF is that the aerodrome operator evaluates the condition of the surface of a runway when there is presence of water, snow, melting snow, ice or frost on a running runway.

Based on this assessment, a “runway status key (RWYCC)” and a description of the runway surface are reported, information that the flight crew can use to calculate the performance of the aircraft.

This format, based on the type, thickness and coverage of pollutants, is the best assessment that the aerodrome operator can make of the runway surface condition; however, all other relevant information shall be taken into account and kept up to date, and changes in the condition of the runway shall be notified without delay.

This information shall be fed back by the pilots through the aero-notifications (AIREP) with which the aerodrome operator will re-evaluate the RWYCC.

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