With the expected growth in air transportation, we will need to make greater efforts and adopt new measures to continue improving aviation safety. The use of Safety Management Systems (SMS) at airports can contribute to this effort by helping airports detect and correct safety problems before they result in aircraft accidents or incidents. We plan to introduce SMS to airports in several ways:
- External SMS Efforts – Part 139 Rulemaking
- Internal SMS Efforts — FAA SMS and Safety Risk Management in Airport Projects
News & Information
- Fact Sheet: Office of Airports Safety Management System Efforts (updated 7/12/2016)
- FAA Proposes Rulemaking to Further Enhance Airport Safety (added 7/12/2016)
- Rulemaking
- Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) for Safety Management System (SMS) for Certificated Airports (7/14/2016)
- Submit Comments via Federal eRulemaking Portal (Comments due by 9/12/2016)
- Statement on Airports SMS Rulemaking (PDF)
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Safety Management System for Certificated Airports
Proposed Rule will require each certificate holder to establish a safety management system (SMS) for its entire airfield environment (including movement and non-movement areas) to improve safety at airports hosting air carrier operations. - Responses to Clarifying Questions About Proposed Rulemaking
- View Comments in Docket
- Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) for Safety Management System (SMS) for Certificated Airports (7/14/2016)
- Pilot Studies
- Part 139 Safety Management System (SMS) Implementation Study: November 2011 Roundtable Meeting Summary (PDF, 5.7 MB)
- November 2011 SMS Implementation Study Roundtable Meeting Presentations
See each airport's documentation page to view its presentation - Report on Airport Safety Management Systems (SMS) Pilot Studies, May 2011 (PDF)
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SMS Guidance, Tools, & Related Information
- AC 150/5200-37, Introduction to Safety Management Systems for Airport Operators
- FAA Order 5200.11, FAA Airports (ARP) Safety Management System
- FAA Safety Management Systems Website
- ICAO Safety Management Manual (3rd Edition) (PDF)
- Transportation Research Board (TRB) Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)
- ACRP Report 1: Safety Management Systems for Airports, Volume 1: Overview
- ACRP Report 1: Safety Management Systems for Airports, Volume 2: Guidebook
- ACRP Synthesis 37: Lessons Learned from Airport Safety Management Systems Pilot Studies
- ACRP Synthesis 58: Safety Reporting Systems at Airports
- ACRP Synthesis 71: Airport Safety Risk Management Panel Activities and Outcomes
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Questions
- Dale Williams
SMS Project Manager
Airport Safety and Operations Division
(202) 267-4179
dale.williams@faa.gov - Other FAA SMS Contacts