Safety publications

Safety Performance

• ANS Safety Reporting and Performance May 2020
• Air Navigation Services Operational Safety Reporting and Performance

Runway safety

• Airside Drivers Guide to Runway Safety
• Pilot's Guide to Runway Safety
• Runway Stop Bars Safety Net
• Stop Bars Presentation
• Tips for flying - Archerfield (2022)
• Tips for Flying - Bankstown (2022)
• Tips for flying - Cambridge
• Tips for flying - Moorabbin (2022)
• Tips for flying - Parafield (2022)
• Metro D Runway Incursion Infographic

For information on runway hot spots, visit CASA's:

• Aerodrome manoeuvring maps

Airspace infringement

• Airspace Infringement Infographic
• 'Safe Operations Around Controlled Airspace' Safety Net
• Adelaide Airspace Infringement Hot Spots (2022)
• Melbourne Airspace Infringement Hot Spots (2022)

For hot spots in other areas, please access CASA's Stay on Track Series:

• Stay OnTrack – Flying the Brisbane region.
• Stay OnTrack – Flying the Gold Coast region.
• Stay OnTrack – Flying the Perth region.
• Stay OnTrack – Flying the Darwin Region.

The Department of Defence has provided the following diagrams showing the location of airspace infringement hot spots and tips on avoiding them.

• Amberley Airspace Infringement Hotspots
• Darwin Airspace Infringement Hotspots
• East Sale Airspace Infringement Hotspots
• Nowra Airspace Infringement Hotspots
• Pearce Airspace Infringement Hotspots
• Townsville Airspace Infringement Hotspots
• Williamtown Airspace Infringement Hotspots

Working with air traffic control

• Pilot Estimates Poster
• SARTIME Minus 5 Poster
• SARTIME Management Safety Net
• Communication with Air Traffic Control Safety Net
• Flight Following Safety Net
• Operating in Class D airspace Safety Net
• Pilot Responsibilities for Obtaining Information In-flight Safety Net
• Using GNSS as a VFR navigation tool Safety Net
• Standard Instrument Arrival Routes (STARs) Safety Net
• Traffic Information Broadcast by Aircraft (TIBA) Fact Sheet
• TIBAs and TRAs A3 poster
• The View from the Gold Coast Tower
• Safe Operations Around Controlled and Restricted Airspace (animation)

Forms

• Operational Safety Information Request and Release Form - External

Safety Flyers

• Aircraft Landing Areas (ALA)

2020

• 1 August 2020 - Taxiway Confusion Between A3 and A4 at Newcastle Airport 0.27MB

2019

• 26 March 2019 - Correct Operation of Mode S Transponders 0.19MB

2018

• 7 June 2018 – Preventing the risk of a runway incursion 0.17MB
• 5 July 2018 – Compliance with runway stop bars 0.03MB

2016

• 29 August 2016 - Which go-around do I make 0.06MB
• 18 July 2016 - What happens when I declare an emergency 0.05MB
• 3 March 2016 - Weather deviations 0.07MB
• 15 March 2016 - Safety of ground movement on a controlled aerodrome 0.06MB
• 23 February 2016 - Non-Standard Levels 0.03MB

 

Related links

Pilot and Airside Safety

Information about our safety programs and information to not only make your flight safer, but to give you an understanding of how we work to improve the efficiency of your respective flying operations and are an important part of your ‘crew’.

CASA's Pilot Safety Hub

A range of information for pilots including tips on radio calls, situational awareness, weather and flight planning.