The Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan held a meeting dedicated to improving the safety of operations on the runway at airports of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The event brought together more than seventy specialists, including representatives of major national air carriers, twenty-three airports of the country, an air navigation service provider, the Department for Investigation of Accidents and Incidents in Transport of the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan.
The experts exchanged best practices, knowledge, experience and suggestions for the development and further improvement of flight safety measures in civil aviation in Kazakhstan.
Representatives of airfield operators and the air navigation service provider demonstrated the implemented measures to eliminate problems for the safety of runway operation, including the use of technical means of controlling ground traffic, improving visual means for orienting aircraft crews in the maneuvering area, and ensuring the necessary coupling characteristics.
The risks arising from the operation of the runway during construction work at the airfield and measures aimed at reducing them are considered. Measures to improve the application of the Global Runway Surface Data Format (GRF) in civil aviation were discussed.
An important initiative in 2024 was the approval of the "Program for ensuring the safety of runway operations in Civil Aviation of the Republic of Kazakhstan", the purpose of which is to improve the safety of runway operations through systematic risk control and coordination of the work of all involved organizations.
In addition, the participants were presented with a draft plan to ensure the safety of operations on the runway of civil aviation of the Republic of Kazakhstan 2025-2029. The document provides for further measures to reduce risks with significant consequences associated with the operation of the runway: cases of aircraft rolling out and unauthorized runway occupation.
This work ensures the implementation of strategic flight safety goals established at the global level by the international civil aviation organization ICAO and at the state level of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Meetings of this format serve as an effective platform for industry representatives, where they can discuss topical issues, offer ideas and share their vision of solving problems that arise at the junction of ground support, air traffic services and flight operations.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/transport/press/news/details/878770