Safety - Austria

PRB monitoring

▪ Austro Control achieved the RP3 target maturity for all Management Objectives in 2024.

▪ The overall safety performance of the organisation was stable, with a single occurrence of runway incursion (RIs) and a marginally lower rate of separation minima infringements (SMIs) compared with 2023 at the Member State level.

Effectiveness of Safety Management (EoSM) (KPI#1)

All five components of the EoSM for the ANSP met the RP3 target level. In 2024, significant improvements were observed in “Safety Culture” and “Safety Assurance” enabling these areas to reach the target level.

In 2024, Austro Control demonstrated significant progress in the areas of Safety Risk Management, Safety Assurance, and Safety Culture, successfully achieving all RP3 EoSM targets as set out in its performance plan. This continued the improvement recorded in 2023.

To support this achievement, Austro Control developed a comprehensive improvement plan outlining specific measures necessary to reach the expected maturity levels. These measures have been fully integrated into the organisation’s strategic planning, ensuring sustained progress and alignment with long-term safety objectives.

Safety occurrences

Rate of runway incursions (RIs) (PI#1)

Rate of RIs per 100,000 airport movements - Austria
# Airport name APT movements Number of RI Rate RI per 100,000
1 Vienna 123,831 1 0.81
2 Salzburg 23,317 0 0.00
3 Graz 14,692 0 0.00
4 Innsbruck 13,632 0 0.00
5 Linz 11,939 0 0.00
6 Klagenfurt 6,150 0 0.00

The overall safety performance of the Member State was stable, with a single occurrence of runway incursion (RIs). Austria remained, in respect to Ris, well below the Union-wide average throughout RP3, with no or very few runway incursions seen.

Rate of separation minima infringements (SMIs) (PI#2)

Rate of SMI with ANS contribution per 100,000 flight hours
# ANSP
Flight hours
Number of SMIs
Rate of SMI per 100,000 flight hours
% variation in rate of SMIs
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 Austro Control 155,355 202,666 317,434 359,408 377,098 7 9 14 4 11 4.5 4.4 4.4 1.1 2.9 NA -1% -1% -75% +162%

The overall safety performance of the Member State was stable, with a marginal decrease in the number of SMIs at the State level. Austro Control recorded an increase in SMIs in 2024 compared with 2023. However, the rate of SMIs remains well below the Union-wide average.

Austria notes that a Human Performance Strategy was developed and is being implemented over the next 5 years to target improvements on the human element in ATM.

Quality of occurences reporting

n/a

Use of automated safety data recording system (ASDRS) (PI#3)

Use of automated safety data recording system - 2024
For RIs For SMIs
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Austria does not use automated safety data recording system.