The EUROCONTROL "Study of Runway Excursions from a European Perspective" showed that the causal and contributory factors leading to a runway excursion were the same in Europe as in other regions of the world. The study findings made extensive use of lessons from more than a thousand accident and incident reports. Those lessons have been used to draft the recommendations contained in the European Action Plan for the Prevention of Runway Excursions, Edition 1.0 of which was published in January 2013.

The European Action Plan for the Prevention of Runway Excursions (EAPPRE) contains practical recommendations with guidance materials to assist operational staff with their implementation. According to ICAO, runway excursions are a persistent problem and their numbers have not decreased in more than 20 years.

The European Working Group for Runway Safety who developed the EAPPRE considered all practicable means available ranging from the design of aircraft, airspace, procedures and technologies to relevant training for operational staff associated with runway excursion prevention. The recommendations and guidance materials contained in the Action Plan are intended for implementation by the relevant stakeholder organisations with the aim of reducing the rate of runway excursions and the runway excursion risk incumbent upon them.

This European Action Plan, directed to all providers and users of European aerodromes and all European aircraft operators, is the result of the combined and sustained efforts of organisations involved in all areas of runway operations and was co-developed with the European Commercial Aviation Safety Team (ECAST) which was a pillar of the European Strategic Safety Initiative (ESSI) of EASA. The EAPPRE is a deliverable of the European Aviation Safety Plan (EASp), Edition 2011-2014. Subsequently, the ESSI and ECAST have been disbanded and the EASp has been superseded by the EPAS (European Plan for Aviation Safety) 2017-2021 which contains various actions to assess and improve risks controls to mitigate runway excursions.

Note: Central to the recommendations contained in this Action Plan is the uniform and consistent application of ICAO provisions. The applicability area of this objective is all ECAC States. Nevertheless, it is for the individual National Safety Authority to decide upon the strategy of implementation by the applicable organisations within its own State.

NOTE FOR MILITARY AUTHORITIES: It is the responsibility of each military authority to review this Objective IN ITS ENTIRETY and address each of the SLoAs that the military authority considers RELEVANT for itself. This has to be done on top and above of the review of "MIL" SLoAs which identify actions EXCLUSIVE to military authorities.

Edition

2019

Stakeholders

Regulator / Air Navigation Service Provider / Airport Operator / Airspace Users / Network Manager

Type

SESAR

Scope

ECAC+

Status

Active