Building 500 Feet from an Active Runway — Your Daily Report Captures None of It
Airport construction near active runways requires NOTAM tracking, airside badge verification, and FAA coordination on every single shift. POD captures all of it automatically — before an inspector or an enforcement letter finds the gaps first.
How the Documentation Gap Becomes a Liability
Four failure modes that turn routine airside construction into a $250K enforcement action — all preventable with the right daily log.
Missed NOTAMs — crane lifts without notification
Every crane lift inside the airport safety zone requires a NOTAM filed with the FAA before operations begin. Field teams file them verbally or on paper, but there is no log proving the NOTAM was filed before the hook went up. One undocumented lift is a $250,000 enforcement action.
Badge expirations — workers reaching airside with expired credentials
Airside construction access requires active airport-issued credentials. Badges expire every 1–2 years and workers lose track. Superintendents running large crews cannot manually check 147 badge expiration dates each morning. Expired badges on the airfield stop work immediately and trigger security incident reports.
FOD events — foreign object debris incidents go undocumented
A lost bolt, a shredded glove, or a fragment of form lumber on an active taxiway can destroy a jet engine. FOD walkthroughs are required at every shift boundary — but paper logs are incomplete, undated, and impossible to audit. An undocumented FOD event discovered by operations becomes a formal security finding.
No FAA coordination log — verbal approvals with no record
Airport construction coordinators and FAA representatives make dozens of verbal approvals each week — crane height clearances, lane closures, perimeter fence breaches. Without a contemporaneous log, the contractor has no proof the FAA was consulted before work began. Verbal approvals disappear when the project gets audited.
How POD Closes Every Gap
Three steps that turn your daily airside report into a complete FAA compliance record — without adding time to the foreman's morning.
Auto-log NOTAMs and badge scans before the shift starts
POD includes a pre-shift airside checklist: NOTAM numbers for active operations, badge scan confirmation for every worker, and FOD walkthrough status. The checklist must be completed before the shift is open. No more undocumented lifts.
AI validates airside compliance per shift
POD's AI agent reviews each daily report against the active CSPP phase, flags any NOTAM that covers upcoming operations, and alerts the superintendent if any badge expires within 30 days. Compliance gaps surface before inspectors find them.
Dashboard shows real-time FAA coordination status
Every phone call, email approval, and field directive from the airport authority is logged to the project timeline. The PM sees a live coordination log — crane clearances, fence breach permits, taxi-lane closures — with timestamps and attribution. Nothing lives in a voicemail.
See the Airside Construction Zone in Real Time
Top-down view of a live airport. NOTAM indicators pulse at the exclusion zone boundary as an aircraft taxis past the active construction area.
NOTAM indicators appear at exclusion zone boundaries. Aircraft taxis past the active construction zone.
Airside Construction Metrics — FAA-Coordinated
Live permit status and stop-work authority tracking built into every daily report. No separate systems. No manual cross-referencing.
Permit Status
Stop Work Authority (SWA)
Built for the Airside Environment
Every feature designed for the complexity of construction next to an operating runway.
NOTAM register built into every daily report
Log active NOTAM numbers, effective windows, and covered operations. POD links NOTAMs to specific equipment and crane picks automatically.
Badge expiration dashboard
147-worker badge tracker with 30-day advance warnings. Auto-generates a daily badge status report for airport security operations.
FOD walkthrough timestamping
GPS-tagged FOD walkthroughs logged at every shift boundary. Generates an auditable FOD log accepted by TSA and airport authority.
Voice-first field reporting
Foremen dictate their airside report in under 5 minutes. POD AI structures it into compliant FAA documentation with zero typing.
Construction Safety Phasing Plan tracker
Active CSPP phase displayed on every report. Phase transitions require documented sign-off before POD allows the next phase to open.
Instant FAA-ready export
One-click export of the complete coordination log, badge verification summary, and NOTAM history in the format airport authorities require.
“Airport authority showed up for an unannounced FAA spot-check midway through our terminal expansion. They asked for three weeks of NOTAM filings for Crane 2. We had a paper log — four entries. POD would have had 47. That cost us six days of shutdown and a formal corrective action plan.”
— Project Executive, Regional Airport Terminal Expansion, Southeast US
Frequently Asked Questions
Never Miss Another NOTAM. Never Miss Another Badge.
See how POD turns your airside daily log into a complete FAA compliance record — automatically, from the first shift to the final punch list.