Regulations and Government
Report: FAA Progressing on Runway Safety Recommendations
However, the agency faces challenges with data sharing and analysis
FAA's headquarters building in Washington, D.C.
© Bill Carey

An audit report released by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has highlighted challenges in the FAA’s approach to data-sharing and implementation of safety initiatives. The March 12 report, which assessed the FAA's efforts to analyze data and prevent runway incursions at primary commercial service airports, was conducted in response to a series of incidents in early 2023 where aircraft came dangerously close to one another on runways at busy commercial airports,

An independent safety review team issued 24 recommendations to the FAA in November 2023 addressing process integrity, staffing, facilities, and technology. As of October 2024, the FAA had implemented five of these recommendations and the OIG report also reviewed five recommendations to improve data sharing and prevent future incursions.