August 14, 2024 Wednesday |
FAA Certifies Garmin Runway Occupancy Awareness Garmin’s Runway
Occupancy Awareness (ROA) has been certified by the FAA, “marking the first
certified software solution utilizing the Surface Indications and Alert
(SURF-IA) technology,” according to the Olathe, Kansas avionics manufacturer.
The first aircraft and initial certification of ROA is for the G1000
NXi-equipped Textron Aviation Cessna Caravan. ROA uses the
equipped aircraft’s GPS position and ADS-B In traffic information to
determine whether other aircraft (airborne or on the ground) or ground
vehicles might cause a runway incursion or present a potential collision
opportunity. The potential incursion or collision information is presented to
the pilot as a visual crew-alerting system caution and warning announcement
on the primary flight display (PFD) and by the runway highlighted in yellow
or red on the PFD’s synthetic vision system. Similar caution and warning
annunciations will be displayed on the SafeTaxi map on the multifunction
display or window. Traffic that
generates a potential hazard includes aircraft landing, taking off, stopped,
or taxiing on the runway; aircraft on approach to the ROA-equipped aircraft’s
runway or a crossing runway; and any traffic on the runway at which the
ROA-equipped aircraft is holding. Warnings include visual and aural alerts
and range from “no immediate collision hazard to a warning level alert where
a collision risk could occur within 15 seconds.” |
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