ACRP Impacts on Practice - Improving the Safety of Runway Safety Areas

The October 2015 issue of TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Impacts on Practice explores how San Francisco International Airport applied guidance from ACRP Report 50: Improved Models for Risk Assessment of Runway Safety Areas and ACRP Report 3: Analysis of Aircraft Overruns and Undershoots to evaluate safety alternatives and develop cost-effective alternatives to meet federal safety requirements.