Safety - Denmark

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PRB monitoring

  • In 2025, NAVIAIR did not achieve the planned levels set out in its performance plan for three out of five components of the EoSM. The components where NAVIAIR missed the planned levels were Safety Risk Management, Safety Promotion and Safety Culture. Moreover, NAVIAIR scored A on the last 2 components.

  • Denmark reported 0 runway incursions (RI) during 2025. The situation remains stable from 2024, as Denmark reported 0 RIs also in 2024. Denmark is significantly below the Union-wide average.

  • The rate of separation minima infringements (SMIs) at State level was 0.48 and equal to the rate of SMIs at ANSP level. Both indicators were significantly below the Union-wide average. When comparing to 2024, the rate of separation minima infringements has decreased at both State level and at ANSP level.

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

In 2025, Naviair did not achieve the planned levels set out in its performance plan for three out of five components of the EoSM. The components where Naviair missed the planned levels were Safety Risk Management, Safety Promotion and Safety Culture.

Denmark assesses the achieved level of actual performance in the monitoring report as follows: Naviair has assessed the maturity level between Level A and Level B across the five Safety Components. The assessment is primarily influenced by the fact that the difference between the requirements at level A and level B is quite large and that Naviair does not currently have all the formalised processes in place.

As described in the monitoring report, Naviair has initiated a project at corporate level to ensure a unified approach across all departments to achieve the safety performance targets by 2029. Furthermore, Naviair has established a plan to address current performance gaps in Safety Culture, Safety Risk Management, and Safety Promotion. The plan includes responsibilities for developing and executing detailed plans, to meet annual sub-goals and the final targets for 2029.

In terms of underlying causes or circumstances leading to levels not being achieved, the monitoring report states that the result is primarily due to the fact that the difference between the requirements at level A and level B is quite large and that Naviair does not currently have all the formalised processes in place.

Furthermore, the monitoring report states that the NSA will monitor and follow up on Naviair’s plan for improving the SAF performance during RP4.

Safety occurrences

Rate of runway incursions (RIs) (PI#1) and Rate of runway incursion with ANS contribution (PI#3)

Rate of RIs per 100,000 airport movements - Denmark
# Airport name APT movements Number of RI Rate RI per 100,000 Number of RI with ANS contribution Rate RI per 100,000 with ANS contribution
1 Copenhagen - Kastrup 256,659 0 0.00 0 0.00

Denmark reported zero runway incursions (RI) during 2025. The situation remains stable from 2024, as Denmark reported 0 RIs also in 2024. Denmark is significantly below the Union-wide average.

Rate of separation minima infringements (SMIs) (PI#2) and Rate of separation minima infringements with ANS contribution (PI#4)

Rate of SMI with ANS contribution per 100,000 flight hours
# ANSP
Flight hours
Number of SMIs with ANS contribution
Rate of SMI with ANS contribution per 100,000 flight hours
% variation in rate of SMIs
2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
1 NAVIAIR 209,318 NA NA NA NA 1 NA NA NA NA 0.5 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

At State level, Denmark reported 1 separation minima infringement (SMI) in their airspace during 2025. The rate of separation minima infringements was significantly below Union-wide average (0.48 vs 7.87). At ANSP level, Denmark reported 1 SMI with ANS contribution. The rate of separation minima infringements at ANSP level was significantly below Union-wide average (0.48 vs 6.02).

When comparing to 2024, the rate of separation minima infringements has decreased at both State level (0.48 vs 2.91) and at ANSP level (0.48 vs 2.91).