Raising the bar for runway performance
When airfield surface friction changes faster than teams react, the consequences can be dire: runway occupancy increases, delays stack up, and runways spend more time out of service than they should.
The ABARnet™ runway uptime platform uses aircraft braking data to show airport and airline operators exactly how runway performance is changing, now and in the hours ahead, so they can:
Maximize flow + uptime
Keep arrivals, turnoffs, and departures moving smoothly in all conditions.
Trim maintenance costs
Cut chemical waste and crew hours by treating only the runway segments that need it.
Speed up recovery
Return runways to service sooner after weather and contamination events impact schedules.
ABARnet™
Command operations with runway insights built on aircraft braking action data
What's happening on the runway now
Runway condition reporting on available braking action typically relies on pilot reports and manual airfield inspections — subjective snapshots, not certainty.
ABARnet™ replaces that uncertainty with Aircraft Braking Action Reports (ABARs): accurate, automatic friction measurements captured from every landing aircraft. This is the scientific truth that tells airports, airlines, and pilots the actual available braking action across all weather and contaminant scenarios.
Where runway performance is headed…
ABARnet doesn't stop at the moment of landing. Its 360° Runway Analytics show where performance is changing along each runway, section by section, while Friction Forecasts predict braking action up to 180 minutes ahead.
ABARnet currently records 7K+ new landing reports per day.
PLATFORM solutions
ABARnet:
From every landing to your next treatment decision
Three connected services give crews the evidence to time treatments, sequence runways, and confirm what worked.
HIGH BRAKE DEMAND
Where aircraft brake hardest on landing
A High Brake Demand (HBD) landing is one where braking demand ran high, mapped along the runway from start to finish. HBDs show where aircraft work hardest to stop, and they are common even at medium or better braking action.
SMART + CLOUD-BASED
A reporting network that learns with every landing
ABARnet is built on the analysis of over 26 million landings and grows more intelligent every day. Each landing feeds braking action data into the network to improve its predictive models.
Operational impact:
A continuously sharp, shared picture of current and future runway performance for more effective runway management.
26M+*
landings analyzed
7K+
new landing reports a day
30-180m
friction forecast windows
340+
airports with ABARnet data
faa RECOMMENDED
Reporting the actual braking action of landing aircraft, in real-time, is a top priority for the FAA.
The solution: Aircraft Braking Action Reports (ABARs) from AST, the only ABAR provider for any type of aircraft regardless of manufacturer.
Recommended by the FAA in its latest directive about braking reports.
Complies with industry standards
ABARnet reports use standard industry terminology and are compliant with ASTM International braking action standards.
