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Definition

The surface condition report event scenario describes information about contaminations on one or multiple runways, taxiways and/or aprons at one airport.

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Data itemDescriptionAIXM MappingICAO SNOWTAM item mapping

Aeroplane performance calculation section

airport designatorThe published designator of the airport/heliport concerned. This information, in combination with eventually the name is used to identify the airport/heliport.

AirportHeliport.designator

Item A)

Aerodrome location indicator

airport nameThe published name of the airport/heliport. This information, in combination with the designator is used to identify the airport/heliport.AirportHeliport.name-

(runwayCondition) 
assessment date&time

The date and time of the assessment.

Runway.overallContaminant.RunwayContamination.observationTime

Item B)

Date-time of assessment

(runwayCondition) 
runway designator

The designator of the runway for which the assessment is provided.

Note: In a SNOWTAM message only one the runway direction designator with the lowest number is inserted for each runway and always the lower number. The HMI should support the operator in assuring the proper selection of the runway by displaying the full designator for selection.

Runway.designator

Item C)

Lower runway designator number

(runwayCondition) 
(runwaySectionCondition)
runway section

Indicates the part of the runway for which the assessment is provided. This supports indicating contamination information on each third of the runway length.

Note: the application shall data input template groups the information per runway third. In practice, data originator might prefer to group the information by SNOWTAM item and list all thirds with a "/" separator. The application HMI shall support the operator selection with visual or textual aids so that the order of the thirds are correctly provided i.e. that the first third corresponds with the first third from the RWY side with the lower designator number.

Runway.areaContaminant.RunwaySectionContamination.section
(runwayCondition) 
(runwaySectionCondition)
RWYCC on runway section
Runway condition code for each runway third.

Runway.areaContaminant.RunwaySectionContamination.frictionEstimation with values 'OTHER:RWYCC_code'

Item D)

Runway Condition Code (RWYCC) on each runway third

(runwayCondition) 
(runwaySectionCondition)
contaminant coverage
The coverage of the contaminant in per cent for each runway third.

Runway.areaContaminant.RunwaySectionContamination.proportion

Item E)

Per cent coverage contaminant for each runway third

loose (runwayCondition) 
(runwaySectionCondition)
loose contaminant depth
Indicates the depth (mm) of loose contaminant for each runway third

Runway.areaContaminant.RunwaySectionContamination.depth with uom='MM'

Item F)

Depth (mm) of loose contaminant for each runway third

(runwayCondition) 
(runwaySectionCondition)
contaminant layer order
Indicates the order of the layer (starting from the uppermost, towards the movement area surface), in case overlapping contaminants are present.Runway.areaContaminant.RunwaySectionContamination.layer/SurfaceContaminationLayer.layerOrder
(runwayCondition) 
(runwaySectionCondition)
condition description

Indicated the condition over the total runway length contaminant observed on each runway third.

Runway.areaContaminant.RunwaySectionContamination.layer/SurfaceContaminationLayer.type

Item G)

Condition description over total runway length.

(runwayCondition) 
reduced runway width

Width of runway cleared of contamination, if less than the total width.

Runway.overallContaminant.RunwayContamination.clearedWidth with uom="M"

Item H)

Width of runway to which the runway condition codes apply, if less than published width

Situational awareness section

(runwayCondition) 
reduced runway length
Length of runway cleared of contamination, if less than the total length of the runway.

Runway.overallContaminant.RunwayContamination.clearedLength with uom='M'

Item I)

Reduced runway length, if less than published length

(runwayCondition) 
special conditions

Indication of the presence of drifting snow, loose sand and/or chemical treatment on the runway.

Note: The HMI should support the operator by providing only the three options available for input.

AirportHeliport.contaminant.AirportHeliportContamination.layer.SurfaceContaminationLayer.type

(for larger airports,  where drifting snow occurs on multiple runways, but not all) Runway.overallContaminant.RunwayContamination.layer.SurfaceContaminationLayer.type

Item J) Drifting snow on the runway

Runway.overallContaminant.RunwayContamination.layer.SurfaceContaminationLayer.type

Item K) Loose sand on the runway

Item L) Chemical treatment on the runway

(runwayCondition) 
snowbank side
Indication of the side of the runway relative to its centreline where snowbanks are present.Runway.overallContaminant.RunwayContamination.criticalRidge/Ridge.side


Item M)

Snowbanks on the runway (from centreline)

snowbank (runwayCondition) 
snowbank distance
Indication of the distance from the runway centreline where snowbanks are present.

Runway.overallContaminant.RunwayContamination.criticalRidge.Ridge.distance with uom="M" and

Ridge.annotation with propertyName='distance', purpose='DESCRIPTION' andnote='distance measured from runway centerline'

(runwayCondition) 
adjacent snowbank presence
Indication of the presence of snowbanks adjacent to the runwayRunway.overallContaminant.RunwayContamination.criticalRidge.Ridge.annotation with purpose='WARNING' andnote='Snowbanks present adjacent to the runway'

Item O)

Snowbanks adjacent to the runway

taxiway designatorThe designator of the taxiway for which the assessment is provided.Taxiway.designator

Item N)

Snowbanks on a taxiway

taxiway snowbank presenceIndication of the presence of snowbanks on a taxiway

Taxiway.contaminant/TaxiwayContamination.criticalRidge/Ridge.annotation with purpose='WARNING' and note='Snowbanks present on the taxiway'

taxiway surface conditionIndication of the taxiway surface condition

(for specific TWYs) Taxiway.contaminant.TaxiwayContamination.frictionEstimation 

(for ALL TWYS) AirportHeliport.contaminant.AirportHeliportContamination.annotation with purpose='WARNING' and note='ALL TWYS POOR'


Item P)

Taxiway conditions

apron designatorThe designator of the apron for which the assessment is provided.Apron.name

Item R)

Apron conditions

apron surface conditionIndication of the apron surface condition

Apron.contaminant.ApronContamination.frictionEstimation

(for ALL APRONS) AirportHeliport.contaminant.AirportHeliportContamination.annotation with purpose='WARNING' and note='ALL APRONS POOR'

measured friction coefficientIndication of the measured friction coefficient, according to the State approved means.

Runway.overallContaminant.RunwayContamination.frictionCoefficient


Item S)

Measured friction coefficient

friction measuring deviceIndication of the friction measuring device, according to the State approved means.Runway.overallContaminant.RunwayContamination.frictionDevice
noteA  free text note that provides further details concerning the surface condition report.

Runway.annotation

AirportHeliport.annotation

Apron.annotation

Taxiway.annotation

Item T)

Plan language remarks

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It is assumed that following BASELINE TimeSlices covering the entire duration of the event exist and have been coded as specified in the Coding Guidelines for the (ICAO) AIP Data Set as available:

The coding rules for the situational awareness section provide two options:

(1) using TEMPDELTA TimeSlices for individual Apron and/or Taxiway  

(2) using annotations

The first option can be used only when the corresponding BASELINE data is also available:

  • Taxiway BASELINE which contains as a minimum a designator and an association with the AirportHeliport

    (warning)No AIP Data Set coding rules identified

  • Apron BASELINE which contains as a minimum a designator and an association with the AirportHeliport

Both options are detailed in the coding rules and should be supported in the interface. Option 2 (using annotations) should be enable, at the discretion of the data coding operator, even in the situation when Taxiway and Apron BASELINE data is available.

Data encoding rules

The data encoding rules provided in this section shall be followed in order to ensure the harmonisation of the digital encodings provided by different sources. To the maximum possible extent, the compliance with these encoding rules shall be verified with automatic data validation rules.

Identifier

Data encoding rule

ER-01

The surface condition report shall be encoded as:

  • a new Event with a BASELINE TimeSlice ( scenario=”SFC.CON”, version=”2.0”), for which a PERMDELTA TimeSlice may also be provided; and

  • a TimeSlice of type TEMPDELTA for each affected Runway and AirportHeliport feature, for which the "event:theEvent" property points to the Event instance created above.
  • if applicable, additional TEMPDELTA TimeSlices for the affected Taxiway and/or Apron features as detailed below. Such TimeSlice shall have the "event:theEvent" property points to the Event instance created above.
ER-02

The TimeSlice.validTime of the affected Features TEMPDELTAs, the EventTimeSlice.validTime and EventTimeSlice.featureLifetime shall have TimePeriod.beginPosition equal to the latest Runway/RunwayContamination.observationTime.

Reason: When reporting on more than one runway and individual dates/times of observation/assessment are indicated by repeated Item B, the latest date/time of observation/assessment is inserted in the abbreviated heading. This is considered the start of the SNOWTAM validity.

ER-03

The TimeSlice.validTime of the affected Features TEMPDELTAs, the EventTimeSlice.validTime and EventTimeSlice.featureLifetime shall have TimePeriod.endPosition set 8h after the TimePeriod.beginPosition.

Reason: Maximum SNOWTAM validity is 8h.

ER-04

All three sections (thirds) shall always be present and each of the following values shall only be used once for the Runway/RunwaySectionContamination.section:

  • 1_THIRD
  • 2_THIRD
  • 3_THIRD


ER-05

Only the following values are allowed for Runway/RunwaySectionContamination.frictionEstimation:

  • OTHER:RWYCC_0
  • OTHER:RWYCC_1
  • OTHER:RWYCC_2
  • OTHER:RWYCC_3
  • OTHER:RWYCC_4
  • OTHER:RWYCC_5
  • OTHER:RWYCC_6


ER-06

Only the following values shall be used for Runway/RunwaySectionContamination/SurfaceContaminationLayer.type:

  • COMPACT_SNOW
  • DRY_SNOW
  • FROST
  • ICE
  • SLUSH
  • OTHER:DRY

  • OTHER:STANDING_WATER
  • OTHER:SLIPPERY_WET (Note: EASA)
  • OTHER:PREPARED_WINTER_RUNWAY (Note: EASA)
  • OTHER:WET
  • OTHER:WET_ICE
  • WET_SNOW


ER-07

Only the following values shall be used for Runway/overallContaminant/SurfaceContaminationLayer.type:

  • OTHER:DRIFTING_SNOW
  • OTHER:LOOSE_SAND
  • OTHER:CHEMICAL_TREATMENT


ER-08

In case of multiple Runway/RunwaySectionContamination/SurfaceContaminationLayer.layerOrder, only the following combinations are allowed:

  • layerOrder='1', type='DRY_SNOW' and layerOrder='2', type='COMPACT_SNOW'
  • layerOrder='1', type='DRY_SNOW' and layerOrder='2', type='ICE'
  • layerOrder='1', type='OTHER:STANDING_WATER' and layerOrder='2',type='COMPACT_SNOW'
  • layerOrder='1', type='WET_SNOW' and layerOrder='2', type='COMPACT_SNOW'
  • layerOrder='1', type='WET_SNOW' and layerOrder='2', type='ICE'
ER-09

The maximum value of Runway/RunwaySectionContamination/SurfaceContaminationLayer.layerOrder is 2.

ER-10snowbanks adjacent to the runway shall be encoded as Runway/RunwayContamination/Ridge.annotation with purpose='WARNING' and note='Snowbanks present adjacent to the runway'
ER-11

When snowbanks are present on the runway, their presence shall be encoded as Runway.overallContaminant.RunwayContamination.criticalRidge/Ridge.side='LEFT', 'RIGHT' or 'BOTH'


When Runway/RunwayContamination/Ridge.distance is provided, a Ridge.annotation shall be encoded with propertyName='distance', purpose='DESCRIPTION' and note='distance measured from runway centerline'

The AIXM definition of the element is being a distance measured from the edge of the movement area and not from its centreline, therefore an interpretation rule is needed.

ER-12If the assessment is including Taxiway information, TEMPDELTA TimeSlices shall be encoded for each affected Taxiway Feature.
ER-13Snowbanks present on the taxiway shall be encoded as Taxiway/TaxiwayContamination/Ridge.annotation with purpose='WARNING' and note='Snowbanks present on the taxiway'.
ER-14If the assessment is including Apron information, TEMPDELTATimeSlices shall be encoded for each affected Apron Feature.
ER-15

Only the following values shall be used for Runway/RunwayContamination.frictionDevice:

  • GRT
  • MUM
  • BRD
  • RFT
  • SFH
  • SFL
  • SKH
  • SKL
  • TAP


ER-16In case items are NOT REPORTED - "NR",  xsi:nil="true" nilReason="inapplicable" shall be used.
ER-17The AirportHeliport concerned by the surface condition report shall also be coded as concernedAirportHeliport property in the Event.
ER-18The system shall automatically identify the FIR where the AerodromeHeliport is located. This shall be coded as corresponding concernedAirspace property in the Event.

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