Safety - Netherlands

PRB monitoring

▪ LVNL achieved its RP3 EoSM targets levels already in 2021 and maintained these levels since then.

▪ The Netherlands did not provide monitoring data for separation minima infringements (SMIs) at the Member State level. The Netherlands provide data on SMIs for LVNL, recording a marginal decrease in the rate of SMIs from 2023 to 2024.

▪ The Netherlands recorded no runway incursion in 2024, which is a reduction from the 6 occurrences in 2023.

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

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

LVNL achieved its RP3 EoSM target levels already in 2021 and maintained these levels since then.

The Netherlands specifies that measures were implemented ensuring continuous safety improvements (e.g. annual update of safety manual, establishment of a risk-based safety plan, and update of safety risk target document and corresponding unit safety case).

Safety occurrences

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

Rate of RIs per 100,000 airport movements - Netherlands
# Airport name APT movements Number of RI Rate RI per 100,000
1 Amsterdam - Schiphol 491,911 0 0.00
2 Groningen 57,967 0 0.00
3 Rotterdam 56,556 0 0.00
4 Maastricht-Aachen 10,043 0 0.00

The Netherlands recorded a stable and low rate of RIs throughout RP3 with no RIs reported for 2024, a decrease from 6 occurrences in 2023.

The Netherlands specifies that the number of incidents over the total amount of movements is low due to the open culture within the ANSP organisation that allows open evaluation and reporting of incidents. The NSA is committed to maintaining this culture and low incident rate.

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 LVNL 88,456 101,649 155,388 169,414 170,879 31 47 33 37 36 37.8 46.2 21.2 21.8 21.1 NA +22% -54% +3% -4%

The Netherlands has only reported SMIs at the Member State level for some years in RP3, while SMIs for other years, including 2024 was noted as N/A. It is unclear whether the SMIs reported at Member State level include occurrences from MUAC or only for airspace not controlled by MUAC.

LVNL started RP3 with a rate of SMIs with ANS contribution well above the Union-wide average. The number of occurrences decreased in 2022 and LVNL has shown a stable rate of SMIs since then, marginally decreasing from 2023 to 2024. However, the rate remains though well above the Union-wide average.

Also for the SMIs, the Netherlands specifies that the number of incidents over the total amount of movements is very low thanks to the open culture within the ANSP organisation that allows open evaluation and reporting of incidents. This statement needs to cover LVNL and MUAC seen together.

Quality of occurences reporting

Number of occurrences reported at Member State level has been varying from year-to-year with SMIs reported for some years and stated as not applicable for other years. The PRB has not been able to use other data sources (e.g. from ERCS) to complement the data reported by the Netherlands. Data on RIs and SMIs at the ANSP level seems consistently reported to provide a good indication of the trend.

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

Use of automated safety data recording system - 2024
For RIs For SMIs
  ✘   ✓

LVNL does not use automated safety data recording systems for runway incursions.