Safety - Denmark

PRB monitoring

▪ NAVIAIR achieved four out of five Management Objectives targets, but lacked sufficient improvement in safety risk management causing NAVIAIR to miss the RP3 targets in 2024.

▪ Denmark did not record any runway incursions (RIs) in 2024 and has seen a very low rate since 2022. The rate of separation minima infringements (SMIs) increased but remained below the Union-wide average.

▪ Denmark should ensure that the ANSP implements, in a timely and cost-efficient manner, the necessary additional measures such as enhanced processes, improved allocation of resources, targeted training, and systematic reviews. Without such actions, the achievement of the RP4 targets could be jeopardised.

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

Focus on EoSM

Four out of five EoSM components of the ANSP meet the RP3 EoSM target level. Only “Safety Risk Management” is below 2024 target level. Three questions are to be improved to reach the RP3 target level.

NAVIAIR has gradually improved the performance of the SMS over RP3 but did not manage to improve Safety Risk Management to reach maturity level D in 2024. One out of three areas in the Management Objective remained at level C.

Safety occurrences

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

Rate of RIs per 100,000 airport movements - Denmark
#	Airport name	APT movements	Number of RI	Rate RI per 100,000
1	Copenhagen - Kastrup	240,676	0	0.00

Focus on runway incursions

After a peak in 2021, Denmark recorded a low number of occurrences RIs, with no occurrences in 2023 and 2024 despite the increasing number of movements. Denmark is significantly below the Union-wide average.

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	NAVIAIR	98,936	99,279	183,043	200,904	206,447	0	2	0	2	6	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.9	NA	0%	-100%	0%	+192%

Focus on separation minima

Denmark started RP3 with a high rate of SMIs but improved significantly between 2020 and 2021, remaining at a low level untill 2023 despite a continuous increase in the number of flight hours. In 2024, Denmark recorded an increase in the number of separation minima infringements (SMIs) with ANS contribution while remaining well below the Union-wide average.

The NSA did not provide information regarding specific actions following the increase in SMIs.

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
✘	✘

NAVIAIR does not use automated safety data recording systems.