Runway incursions at Canadian airports decreased in 2012 compared with 2011, according to a report by NAV Canada, the country’s air traffic services (ATS) provider.1,2 The decrease included incursions attributed both to pilot deviations3 and ATS deviations,4 the report says. There were no “extreme risk” incursions in 2012.
The report also indicates that runway excursions, which are less frequent than incursions but are statistically responsible for more fatalities, were reduced year-over-year throughout the study period 2010–2012.
ATS deviations were reduced from 65 in 2011 to 40 in 2012, a 38 percent drop (Figure 1). Pilot deviations declined by 3 percent, from 212 to 205. Pedestrian or vehicle deviations5 showed almost no change from year to year.
Overall, the 2012 numbers were higher than those for 2010. ATS deviations were 90 percent more frequent than in 2010, although fewer than in 2011 — when the increase from 2010 m…
