Airport and Runway Safety
We conducted certification inspections at our thirty-seven Part 139 airports and visited several GA airports to inspect on-going construction projects.
We continued to pursue the national Runway Safety Area (RSA) initiative by physically completing seven high priority runway safety area including: Manhattan, KS (3-21), Kirksville, MO (18), Chadron, NE (2), Omaha, NE (18-36), Mason City, IA (12-30), Wichita, KS (19L) and Lincoln, NE (36). When this national initiative started in 2000, Central Region had 37 projects listed and we now have only 8 high priority RSA projects remaining to be completed in the next three years.
Other airport safety initiatives this year have included:
- Issued seven regional Airport Certification Bulletins that disseminated critical safety information to certificated airports.
- Prepared and distributed the following new power-point training presentations to Part 139 airports:
1) Inspecting the Movement Area
2) Conducting the Night Inspection
3) Part 139 Self Inspection Requirements
4) Examples of Part 139 Discrepancies Found During FAA Inspections
5) V/PD Briefing, aimed at reducing the potential for V/PDs and runway incursions - The V/PD Briefing ppt was also installed on the national ARP website with CertAlert 07-10.
