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ABARBNET™

A runway uptime platform to optimize airside performance

At AST, our mission is to help keep airport operations flying with the highest levels of performance, cost-efficiency, and safety.

The ABARnet™ Runway Uptime Platform delivers objective, data-based, real-time Aircraft Braking Action Reports (ABARs) about available braking friction, along with:

• Friction Forecasting that gives you a crystal ball into future runway conditions and how best to respond to incoming weather events or other contaminants

• High-Brake Landing (HBL) reports pinpointing potential runway hotspots that may need addressing before efficiency or safety are compromised

Together, this data-based reporting – about the present and the future – empowers airports to make smarter, more cost-efficient decisions about how and when to manage runways for the highest levels of service availability.

Our real-time reports:

Leverage an AI-powered distribution network that gets smarter with every new ABAR, Friction Forecast, and High-Brake Landing report*

Are instantly distributed to airports, airlines, pilots on approach, towers, and other stakeholders

Work with any aircraft model

Deliver ABARs that comply with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Transport Canada directives as well as ASTM International standards

Are issued for 7,000 landings per day

Are cloud-based (a simple subscription) and available in any format

Are easily adaptable into existing airport SOPs for a smooth addition to your airside operations

Leverage a self-learning network that gets smarter with every new landing report

Leverage a self-learning network that gets smarter with every new landing report

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Our 24M+ landings database – with 7,000+ landings added every day – never stops growing, thanks to our AI engine and machine learning algorithms.

Science, not subjectivity

Using cutting-edge data science, AI, and machine learning, our ABARs, High-Brake Landing reports, and Friction Forecasts can help improve runway uptime and streamline airside operations.

Braking action reports

Airports, airlines, pilots on approach, and other stakeholders get real-time Aircraft Braking Action Reports (ABARs) confirming the actual braking friction experienced by landing aircraft. Our FAA-recommended ABARs pinpoint how much rain, snow, ice, rubber, or other contaminants are eroding the braking friction that pilots count on, a dangerous risk to deceleration that can lead to a runway excursion. Pilots on approach know exactly what to expect!

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Braking action reports

Airports, airlines, pilots on approach, and other stakeholders get real-time Aircraft Braking Action Reports (ABARs) confirming the actual braking friction experienced by landing aircraft. Our FAA-recommended ABARs pinpoint how much rain, snow, ice, rubber, or other contaminants are eroding the braking friction that pilots count on, a dangerous risk to deceleration that can lead to a runway excursion. Pilots on approach know exactly what to expect!

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Braking action reports

Airports, airlines, pilots on approach, and other stakeholders get real-time Aircraft Braking Action Reports (ABARs) confirming the actual braking friction experienced by landing aircraft. Our FAA-recommended ABARs pinpoint how much rain, snow, ice, rubber, or other contaminants are eroding the braking friction that pilots count on, a dangerous risk to deceleration that can lead to a runway excursion. Pilots on approach know exactly what to expect!

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Braking action reports

Airports, airlines, pilots on approach, and other stakeholders get real-time Aircraft Braking Action Reports (ABARs) confirming the actual braking friction experienced by landing aircraft. Our FAA-recommended ABARs pinpoint how much rain, snow, ice, rubber, or other contaminants are eroding the braking friction that pilots count on, a dangerous risk to deceleration that can lead to a runway excursion. Pilots on approach know exactly what to expect!

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High-brake landings

Pilot-initiated high-brake landings are when an aircraft requires a more extreme use of braking friction than is typical in a normal touchdown. They are often the sign of a wet or otherwise degraded surface, where pilots need extra deceleration to shorten the landing roll. AST identifies and provides detailed analysis of high-brake landings on your runways – when, where, and why – so you can confirm the precipitating factors and take corrective measures as needed.

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High-brake landings

Pilot-initiated high-brake landings are when an aircraft requires a more extreme use of braking friction than is typical in a normal touchdown. They are often the sign of a wet or otherwise degraded surface, where pilots need extra deceleration to shorten the landing roll. AST identifies and provides detailed analysis of high-brake landings on your runways – when, where, and why – so you can confirm the precipitating factors and take corrective measures as needed.

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High-brake landings

Pilot-initiated high-brake landings are when an aircraft requires a more extreme use of braking friction than is typical in a normal touchdown. They are often the sign of a wet or otherwise degraded surface, where pilots need extra deceleration to shorten the landing roll. AST identifies and provides detailed analysis of high-brake landings on your runways – when, where, and why – so you can confirm the precipitating factors and take corrective measures as needed.

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High-brake landings

Pilot-initiated high-brake landings are when an aircraft requires a more extreme use of braking friction than is typical in a normal touchdown. They are often the sign of a wet or otherwise degraded surface, where pilots need extra deceleration to shorten the landing roll. AST identifies and provides detailed analysis of high-brake landings on your runways – when, where, and why – so you can confirm the precipitating factors and take corrective measures as needed.

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Friction forecasting

Friction forecasting uses AI and machine learning to predict available runway braking friction in the future – a forecast that can optimize how your runway crews prepare for incoming inclement weather. We match existing ABAR measurements with historical weather reports, confirming how your runways have performed under specific weather events and contaminant scenarios. Using this historical analysis, ABARnet then predicts how to best prepare for and manage your runways when the next storm hits.

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Friction forecasting

Friction forecasting uses AI and machine learning to predict available runway braking friction in the future – a forecast that can optimize how your runway crews prepare for incoming inclement weather. We match existing ABAR measurements with historical weather reports, confirming how your runways have performed under specific weather events and contaminant scenarios. Using this historical analysis, ABARnet then predicts how to best prepare for and manage your runways when the next storm hits.

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Friction forecasting

Friction forecasting uses AI and machine learning to predict available runway braking friction in the future – a forecast that can optimize how your runway crews prepare for incoming inclement weather. We match existing ABAR measurements with historical weather reports, confirming how your runways have performed under specific weather events and contaminant scenarios. Using this historical analysis, ABARnet then predicts how to best prepare for and manage your runways when the next storm hits.

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Friction forecasting

Friction forecasting uses AI and machine learning to predict available runway braking friction in the future – a forecast that can optimize how your runway crews prepare for incoming inclement weather. We match existing ABAR measurements with historical weather reports, confirming how your runways have performed under specific weather events and contaminant scenarios. Using this historical analysis, ABARnet then predicts how to best prepare for and manage your runways when the next storm hits.

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Our roots

The seeds of our technology reach back to 2007, when the NTSB, in response to continuing runway excursions at U.S. airports, recommended that the FAA should demonstrate the technical feasibility of outfitting airplanes with equipment required to calculate, record, and convey the braking ability “required and/or available to slow or stop the airplane during the landing roll.”

Our cloud-based ABARnet™ Runway Uptime Platform is now recognized as a leading science-based solution in the industry.

The seeds of our technology reach back to 2007, when the NTSB, in response to continuing runway excursions at U.S. airports, recommended that the FAA should demonstrate the technical feasibility of outfitting airplanes with equipment required to calculate, record, and convey the braking ability “required and/or available to slow or stop the airplane during the landing roll.”

Our cloud-based ABARnet™ Runway Uptime Platform is now recognized as a leading science-based solution in the industry.

The seeds of our technology reach back to 2007, when the NTSB, in response to continuing runway excursions at U.S. airports, recommended that the FAA should demonstrate the technical feasibility of outfitting airplanes with equipment required to calculate, record, and convey the braking ability “required and/or available to slow or stop the airplane during the landing roll.”

Our cloud-based ABARnet™ Runway Uptime Platform is now recognized as a leading science-based solution in the industry.

The seeds of our technology reach back to 2007, when the NTSB, in response to continuing runway excursions at U.S. airports, recommended that the FAA should demonstrate the technical feasibility of outfitting airplanes with equipment required to calculate, record, and convey the braking ability “required and/or available to slow or stop the airplane during the landing roll.”

Our cloud-based ABARnet™ Runway Uptime Platform is now recognized as a leading science-based solution in the industry.

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Aviation Safety Technologies (AST) is a portfolio business of the Chicago-based Dillon Kane Group (DKG).

DKG is a privately-held group of affiliated companies that builds and optimizes technology-based businesses across diverse industries. We formed AST to help the aviation industry tackle one of its longstanding challenges – reducing the risks and probabilities of runway excursions.

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summary

How ABARnet optimizes runway maintenance and uptime

ABARs: Use approved data directly from aircraft

Friction Forecasting: A crystal ball into the future

Hard-brake landings: Identify runway hotspots

Available for any aircraft type - Boeing, Airbus. etc.

Achieves a level of accuracy that others do not

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Get on board with precise reports

summary

Why ABARs are an FAA imperative

ABARs: Use approved data directly from aircraft

Friction Forecasting: A crystal ball into the future

Hard-brake landings: Identify runway hotspots

Available for any aircraft type - Boeing, Airbus. etc.

Achieves a level of accuracy that others do not

let's CONNECT

Get on board with precise reports

summary

How ABARnet optimizes runway maintenance and uptime

ABARs: Use approved data directly from aircraft

Friction Forecasting: A crystal ball into the future

Hard-brake landings: Identify runway hotspots

Available for any aircraft type - Boeing, Airbus. etc.

Achieves a level of accuracy that others do not

let's CONNECT

Get on board with precise reports

summary

How ABARnet optimizes runway maintenance and uptime

ABARs: Use approved data directly from aircraft

Friction Forecasting: A crystal ball into the future

Hard-brake landings: Identify runway hotspots

Available for any aircraft type - Boeing, Airbus. etc.

Achieves a level of accuracy that others do not

let's CONNECT

Get on board with precise reports

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ABARs

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Network

ABARs

What are ABARs?

ABARs for Airlines

ABARs for Airports

ABARs for Pilots

Transport Canada

COMPANY

© 2025 Aviation Safety Technologies LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy policy

Aviation Safety Technologies

Network

ABARs

What are ABARs?

ABARs for Airlines

ABARs for Airports

ABARs for Pilots

Transport Canada

COMPANY

© 2025 Aviation Safety Technologies LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy policy

Aviation Safety Technologies

Network

ABARs

What are ABARs?

ABARs for Airlines

ABARs for Airports

ABARs for Pilots

Transport Canada

COMPANY

© 2025 Aviation Safety Technologies LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy policy