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Local Runway Safety Teams (LRST)
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| Category: | Runway Incursion | 
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Local Runway Safety Team (LRST)
Description
The European Action Plan for the Prevention of Runway Incursions, revised in 2003, included the following recommendation:
“At individual aerodromes, as designated by the National Aviation Safety Authorities, a Runway Safety Team should be established and maintained to lead action on local runway safety issues.”
Although many aerodromes already have cross-discipline teams working to improve safety, the establishment of Local Runway Safety Teams (LRSTs) has proven to be an effective and practical way of reducing runway incursions.
Comprising representatives from the aerodrome operator, ANSP, and aircraft operators, the LRST’s role is to advise on runway safety issues and to recommend solutions. Local awareness campaigns are designed by the LRSTs to inform the users and those responsible for the safety of the manoeuvring area about the factors contributing to runway incursions with a view to eliminating or mitigating them in the short term.
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Further Reading
- ICAO Doc 9870, Chapter 3
- Appendix C to The European Action Plan for the Prevention of Runway Incursions provides guidelines for LRSTs.
- Runway Safety Newsletter February 2007 includes some of the issues presented at the EUROCONTROL Local Runway Safety Team Seminar held in April 2006: