• Known 'Best Practices' for AIRFIELD SAFETY - Air

Traffic Controllers
• Encourage use of correct terminology and proper voice cadence.
• Recommend controller usage of the electronic RID (Runway Incursion
Device) and the IDS (Information Display System) as an aid to prevent
runway incursions. Use the electronic RID with red lamps for runways and
amber lights for adjacent areas (mowing, equipment, etc.).
• Encourage air traffic controllers to tour the airfield, including the runway,
taxiway and ramps, during the day, at night and under IMC (instrument
meteorological conditions).
• Encourage locally based organizations to provide familiarization flights for
air traffic controllers.
• Encourage tower cab tours as part of a pilot's training, driver's training and
tenant familiarity.
• Eliminate distractions in the operational area.
• Air traffic and airport operations should meet following each snow removal
day and/or any other unusual event to discuss lessons learned.
• Develop and publish airport diagrams for ALL towered, commercial and
busy general aviation airports.
• Routinely check airport diagrams for accuracy and update as necessary.
• Know who has access to the airfield.
• Update the airport remarks section in the Airport Facility Directory with all
applicable data including runway safety information.
• Determine and publish "line-of-sight" restrictions — can aircraft at opposite
ends of the runway see each other?
• Increase awareness and advertise of local wildlife issues.
• Determine and publish weather phenomena related visibility issues.
• Inform AFSS if there is a change in runway status.
• Encourage pilots to turn lights ON during Landing and Departure.
• Encourage pilots to have their "eyes out" when taxiing.
• Encourage pilots to have a "heads up" policy when taxiing.
• Encourage local flight schools to emphasize runway safety during initial
and recurrent training & BFRs.
• Attend safety seminars and programs on RUNWAY SAFETY.
• Customize RUNWAY SAFETY presentations for targeted audiences such
as pilot organizations, safety seminars, airport authorities, etc.
• Improve safety by teaching, advocating, stressing and understanding
 situational awareness.
• Cite specific airport RUNWAY SAFETY web pages.
• Use Hot Spot brochures.
• Distribute RUNWAY SAFETY materials to every aviation entity.
• Package and distribute runway safety materials to: Flight Schools, Flight
Safety International, Maintenance Centers, Aircraft Manufacturers, etc.
• Realize that every airport is unique and presents its own set of RUNWAY
SAFETY challenges.
• Stay alert; stay alive.
• Declare war on errors; make it everyone's responsibility.
• Known 'Best Practices' for AIRFIELD SAFETY - Pilots
• Encourage use of correct terminology and proper voice cadence.
• Eliminate distractions in the operational area.
• Obtain and use airport diagrams. Use the FAA runway safety website to
find airport diagrams for all airports.
• Conduct "Clearing Turns" prior to entering ANY runway.
• Maintain a sterile cockpit when taxiing.
• Maintain appropriate Taxi speed.
• Encourage pilots to have their "eyes out" when taxiing.
• Encourage pilots to have a "heads up" policy when taxiing.
• Attend safety seminars and programs on RUNWAY SAFETY.
• Improve safety by teaching, advocating, stressing and understanding
situational awareness.
• Customize RUNWAY SAFETY presentations for targeted audiences such
as pilot organizations, safety seminars, airport authorities, etc.
• Cite specific airport RUNWAY SAFETY web pages.
• Distribute RUNWAY SAFETY materials to every aviation entity.
• Package and distribute runway safety materials to: Flight Schools, Flight
Safety International, Maintenance Centers, Aircraft Manufacturers, etc.
• Realize that every airport is unique and presents its own set of RUNWAY
SAFETY challenges.
• Stay alert; stay alive.
• Declare war on errors; make it everyone's responsibility.
• Known 'Best Practices' for AIRFIELD SAFETY - Airport
Personnel
• Eliminate distractions in the operational area.
• Air traffic and airport operations should meet following each snow removal
 day and/or any other unusual event to discuss lessons learned.
• Eliminate confusing call signs for vehicles operating in the airport
operations area.
• Maintain a well defined mowing plan and procedures, including specific
area "Designations".
• Use a patch, or spot system, for mowing and/or farming operations.
• Use two vehicles for runway inspections to reduce "Time-on-Runway".
• Use high visibility vehicles to increase conspicuity for pilots, controllers
and other drivers operating on the AOA (airport operations area).
• All vehicle lights (high beams, flashers, beacons, and strobes) should be
turned on when crossing or operating on runways, taxiways or the AOA.
• Vehicle flashers and beacons help ATC, aircrews and other vehicle
operators see vehicles in the AOA — especially during periods of reduced
visibility and at night.
• Airport authority should distribute current airport diagrams to all airport
users — especially FBO's for transient and student pilots and to other
users within 50-100 miles of busy GA airports.
• Airport authority should coordinate with local fire department, ARFF, and
associated training for access to the airfield. Create a "Letter of
Agreement" on staging points, alert drills, etc.
• Re-designate confusing taxiways.
• Eliminate problem runways.
• Use current diagrams in all AOA access vehicles.
• Carry a current airport diagram with all AOA personnel badges.
• Obtain and use airport diagrams. Use the FAA runway safety website to
find airport diagrams for all airports.
• The airport authority is encouraged to share its driver's training program.
(Even FAA employees are required to take training if they are on the
airfield.)
• Utilize CD-based pilot and driver's education training materials and
electronic programs.
• All AOA access authorized personnel, including taxi-qualified mechanics,
should complete a driver's training program — to include recurrent
training.
• Require and schedule FAA employee driver's training and recurrent
training/testing.
• Ensure on-airport farming operators are trained and aware of airport
operations and its inherent dangers. Ensure farmers know and adhere to
 agricultural leased boundaries.
• Encourage inclusion of surface safety training in maintenance school
curriculum for taxi and/or tow-qualified mechanics.
• Offer training and awareness education to local contractors working on the
airport, and monitor them.
• Ensure drivers know where to look for traffic when a pilot isn't talking to
the tower or broadcasting on CTAF.
• AOA access authorized personnel should have an awareness and
understanding of the "uniqueness of helicopter operations".
• Conduct "Clearing Turns" prior to entering ANY runway.
• Place signs and marking placards in all AOA access vehicles.
• Know who has access to the airfield.
• Maximize controlled access to the airfield, including wildlife.
• Enforce a "No Tailgating" policy to ensure vehicles remain within proximity
until gate is closed and secure to prevent unauthorized "Tailgating".
• Inform the public. Get signs up, "NO TRESPASSING". Enforce "No
Trespassing" through ordinance.
• Keep the runway a runway, no racing.
• Conduct opposite flow runway inspections. Runway inspections should be
conducted toward the flow of aircraft landing and departing as much as
possible.
• Enforce maximum use of existing service roads; stay off of the runway as
much as possible.
• Build and maintain access roads to Navaids from service roads or
taxiways, not from runways.
• Use tunable radios.
• Enforce a policy of "No Cell Phone" use for personnel while operating on
the airfield.
• Install and/or remove additional signs (including surface painted) and
markings to eliminate confusion.
• Create an airport sign plan and adhere to it.
• Use lighted runway closure markers to warn pilots of a closed runway.
• Install signs at the entry point to the AOA and runway safety areas.
• Prevent potential obstructions.
• Use standardized "12 inch" and highlighted hold position markings.
• Maintain runway and taxiway markings.
• Install elevated runway guard lights (ERGL's) at known Hot Spots and/or
high risk intersections.
• For new construction, use in-pavement runway guard lights (RGL) at
known Hot Spots and/or high risk intersections.
• Update the airport remarks section in the Airport Facility Directory with all
applicable data including runway safety information.
• Determine and publish "line-of-sight" restrictions — can aircraft at opposite
ends of the runway see each other?
• Increase awareness and advertise of local wildlife issues.
• Advertise seasonal crops, which might affect line-of-sight for pilots.
• Issue NOTAMS for snow removal operations and mowing operations.
• Designate and publish a "Calm Wind" runway at part-time and non-
towered airports.
• Advertise crop dusting operations in the area.
• Encourage CTAF usage when the airport is "Non-Towered" in the AFD,
Hot Spot Brochure, Airport Website, and Posters at ALL on-site facilities.
• Encourage local flight schools to emphasize runway safety during initial
and recurrent training & BFR's.
• Encourage pilots to have a "heads up" policy when taxiing.
• Use follow-me vehicles when the ramp is unusually close to a runway
and/or for a confusing taxiway route.
• Attend and conduct safety seminars and programs on RUNWAY SAFETY.
• Improve safety by teaching, advocating, stressing and understanding
situational awareness.
• Cite specific airport RUNWAY SAFETY web pages.
• Use Hot Spot brochures.
• Distribute RUNWAY SAFETY materials to every aviation entity.
• Package and distribute runway safety materials to: Flight Schools, Flight
Safety International, Maintenance Centers, Aircraft Manufacturers, etc.
• Realize that every airport is unique and presents its own set of RUNWAY
SAFETY challenges.
• Stay alert; stay alive.
• Declare war on errors; make it everyone's responsibility.
• Look for runway incursion potential when reviewing airport construction
safety plans, especially for haul routes.
• Always think SAFETY FIRST.