A decision support model to assess the braking performance on snow and ice contaminated runways

Pilots need accurate predictions on the quality of runway surface conditions when operating on snow/ice contaminated runways. These predictions are typically made by friction measurements, or by expert judgments of runway inspectors. This study presents a decision support model (the IRIS runway model) for runway inspectors that interprets descriptive data from SNOWTAM reports and predicts the braking action on the common scale from 1 to 5,...