Garmin’s Runway Occupancy Awareness (ROA) has received FAA certification.
ROA uses ADS-B traffic to alert pilots of potential runway incursions caused by nearby airborne aircraft, aircraft on the ground, and ground vehicles.
ROA is initially available on Garmin Integrated Flight Decks ranging from G1000 NXi to G5000 equipped aircraft serving the general and business aviation markets.
The initial FAA certification was received by Textron Aviation on the G1000 NXi-equipped Cessna Caravan.
Garmin officials say they also expect to receive FAA certification for ROA in its G5000 STC covering the Cessna Citation Excel, XLS, XLS+, and XLS Gen2 in September 2024 and expects for the technology to be certified on more Garmin-equipped aircraft in the coming months.
“With the rate of runway incursions increasing, there is a real need for increased safety tools in the cockpit,” said Phil Straub, executive vice president and managing director, aviation. “Equipping pilots with this technology can reduce the risk of runway incursions and help provide confidence for pilots navigating busy and complex airports.”
ROA provides visual crew-alerting system (CAS) caution and warning annunciations on the pilot’s primary flight display (PFD) and highlights the runway yellow or red, depending on the level of threat, on Garmin’s Synthetic Vision Technology, company officials explain.
It also provides similar caution and warning annunciations on the SafeTaxi map displayed simultaneously on the multifunction window.
Both visual and aural alerts are provided based on the potential hazard, ranging from no immediate collision hazard to a warning level alert where a collision risk could occur within 15 seconds.
Indications and alerts include any traffic landing, taking off, stopped, or taxiing on the aircraft’s runway; traffic on approach to the aircraft’s runway or runway that crosses the aircraft’s runway; as well as any traffic on the runway at which the aircraft is holding.
For more information: Garmin.com/Aviation
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