Topics : Runway Safety

Runway Overrun Awareness and Alerting Systems (ROAAS)

IFALPA supports the development and installation of a Runway Overrun Awareness and Alerting System (ROAAS) in all commercial transport aircraft as a means to reduce the number of longitudinal runway excursions on landing. This paper covers the considerations that must be taken into account for these systems.

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Tailwind Operations

Wind and all associated characteristics such as cross- and tailwind, shear, turbulence, vortices, and gusts are significant to the execution

July 15, 2025

Go-Around, Missed Approach, and Balked Landings

Although aircraft manufacturers, operators and pilots regard it as part of normal operations, performing a go-around, missed approach, or balked

December 5, 2018

Take-Off Performance Monitoring System

Take-off performance issues have been a contributing factor in a wide variety of serious incidents and accidents in recent years.

October 28, 2016

Automated V1

With technological improvements, this “automated V1” call is now widely available in the flight deck of most modern aircraft. This

July 6, 2016

Runway Status Lights (RWSL)

RWSL is an automated system that provides advisory information for flight crews and airport vehicle drivers to indicate if it

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