Safety - Germany

PRB monitoring

▪ DFS achieved the RP3 EoSM targets in 2021 and remained at or above the RP3 targets throughout the period.

▪ Germany reported a decrease in the rate of separation minima infringements (SMIs) in 2024, and no occurrences of runway incursions (RIs).

▪ As part of occurrence management at DFS, each reported safety-relevant event (e.g. RI and SMI) is analysed individually. Where appropriate, lessons are drawn from these analyses, and preventive measures are developed to avoid recurrence. In addition, continuous trend analyses are conducted, incorporating information from all SMS processes to identify systemic issues and support proactive safety management.

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

Focus on EoSM

All five EoSM components of the ANSP meet the RP3 target level. The level was maintained compared with 2023.

DFS achieved the RP3 EoSM targets in 2021 and continued to improve their performance, reaching maturity level D also for Safety Promotion in 2023.

Safety occurrences

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

Rate of RIs per 100,000 airport movements - Germany
#	Airport name	APT movements	Number of RI	Rate RI per 100,000
1	Frankfurt	401,548	0	0.00
2	Munich	304,561	0	0.00
3	Berlin - Brandenburg	196,254	0	0.00
4	Cologne-Bonn	165,458	0	0.00
5	Dusseldorf	151,456	0	0.00
6	Hamburg	138,654	0	0.00
7	Stuttgart	97,542	0	0.00
8	Leipzig-Halle	93,657	0	0.00
9	Hannover	74,256	0	0.00
10	Nuremberg	65,254	0	0.00
11	Muenster-Osnabrueck	43,568	0	0.00
12	Bremen	38,956	0	0.00
13	Dresden	28,659	0	0.00
14	Saarbruecken	11,378	0	0.00
15	Erfurt	7,968	0	0.00
16	Berlin - Tegel	0	0	NA

Focus on runway incursions

Throughout RP3, Germany maintained stable performance with respect to runway incursions, showing a decreasing trend since 2022. In 2024, Germany did not report any RIs.

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	DFS	700,899	952,606	1,263,985	1,329,631	1,378,836	6	8	22	12	0	1.7	0.8	1.7	0.9	0.0	NA	-51%	+107%	-48%	-100%

Focus on separation minima

During RP3, Germany reported a low number of SMIs, resulting in a consistently low rate of SMI both at Member State level and of SMIs with ANS contribution at ANSP level. Between 2023 and 2024 both rates decreased further with no SMI occurrences with ANS contribution reported.

The rate of a Member State is significantly dependent on a number of factors like reporting culture, principles for determining safety impact, use of automated safety data recording system, operational environment, etc. Any comparison of a rate for one Member State with another Member State should therefore be done with caution.

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
✘	✘

DFS does not use automated safety data recording systems.