The 5 November 2020 applicability date for the GRF is fast approaching, so in partnership with key international organisations ICAO is working hard to support its Member States and stakeholders as they start their planning. To help, an important awareness action took place during the ICAO Assembly's 40th session, with a GRF-related Skytalk.
The new ICAO methodology for assessing and reporting runway surface conditions, commonly known as the Global Reporting Format (GRF), enables the harmonized assessment and reporting of runway surface conditions and a correspondingly improved flight crew assessment of take-off and landing performance.
The GRF, applicable on 5 November 2020, is described through amendment 13-B to Annex 14 — Aerodromes, Volume I — Aerodrome Design and Operations; Annex 3 — Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation; Annex 6 — Operation of Aircraft, Part I — International Commercial Air Transport — Aeroplanes and Part II — International General Aviation — Aeroplanes; Annex 8 — Airworthiness of Aircraft; Annex 15 — Aeronautical Information Services and Procedures for Air Navigation Services (PANS) — Aerodromes (PANS-Aerodromes, Doc 9981), Aeronautical Information Management (PANS-AIM, Doc 10066) and Air Traffic Management (PANS-ATM, Doc 4444).
In addition, supporting material is available in Circular 355, Assessment, Measurement and Reporting of Runway Surface Conditions and in the Doc 10064 Aeroplane Performance Manual (in preparation).
All of the above reference documents are available through the ICAO publications portal.
Various activities are being conducted to raise awareness and support deployment of the GRF such as a global symposium and regional seminars that will take place between June 2019 and November 2020.
Activities (for more information on an activity, visit the websites below)
| Location | Date | Website |
| 2019 |
| Montreal, Canada | 26-28 March 2019 | |
| Bangkok, Thailand | 27 - 28 June 2019 | |
| Dakar, Senegal | 2-3 July 2019 | |
| Paris, France | 10-11 July 2019 | |
| Nairobi, Kenya | 14-15 August 2019 | |
| Lima, Peru | 21-22 August 2019 | |
| Accra, Ghana | 17-18 October 2019 | ICAO/ACI Regional Seminar on the Implementation of the New GRF for Runway Surface Condition |
| Johannesburg, South Africa | 28-29 November 2019 | https://www.icao.int/ESAF/Pages/icao-grf-joburg-2019.aspx |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 10-11 December 2019 | https://www.icao.int/EURNAT/Pages/Other-Meetings.aspx |
| 2020 |
| Madrid, Spain | 21-22 January 2020 | Contact: vandervela@iata.org |
| Helsinki, Finland | 28-29 January 2020 | Contact: nsavvina@paris.icao.int |
| Nara, Japan | 21 April 2020 | https://aci-asiapac.eventbank.com/event/icao-aci-regional-seminar-new-global-reporting-format-grf-18084/ |
Resources
Relevant courses are being developed under ICAO's Global Aviation Training (GAT) initiative:
Other courses for other stakeholders are under development and will be added in due course. In particular, a course for flight crew and airline operations staff will be available in January 2020.
Stemming from the regional seminars, a generic GRF Implementation check list for States has been proposed by some States and is available here :
Some useful presentations:
GRF_CANSO Safety Conference_November 2019.pptx
GRF_A40 Skytalk_October 2019.pptx
Implementation Map
For more information, please contact: GRF@icao.int
