Q: Please provide an overview of the mission and current goals for FAA's Runway Safety Group. The Runway Safety group is focused on reducing the number and severity of runway incursions and wrong surface landings by increasing situational awareness of pilots, vehicle drivers and air traffic ...
Serious runway safety incidents have become entirely too commonplace at U.S. airports, leaving no doubt that Congress, the FAA and the aviation industry need to address this alarming trend. Two airliners passed within 300 feet of each other on a Burbank, Calif., runway in February 2023, ...
This tool generates runway protection surfaces based on design matrices defined by the FAA. A design matrix consists of an approach category and approach design group. Use the Approach Category and Approach Design Group parameters to set the design matrix for the surfaces. Some design matrices only...
Runway Safe arresting system is a passive safety system, and the only one in the world meeting FAA Advisory Circular AC150/5220-22B with installations spanning more than 80 airports in 5 continents. We are proud that our arresting systems have a 100% successful performance record making 21 overr...
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Washington Examiner deputy editor Kaylee McGhee White discusses the reasoning behind the FAA glitch that halted planes nationwide on "Fox Business Tonight." The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating a close call between two pl...
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New runway 8-26 will become the single runway servicing BQN and satisfy requirements for Airplane Design Group V, Approach Category D, using a Boeing 747-400 as the design aircraft. The runway will be 11,000 feet long by 150 feet wide and meet the geometric requirements in Advisory Circular...
FAA EASTERN REGION MODIFICATION OF AIRPORT DESIGN STANDARDS Proposed modification to runway width. 13. State why modification would provide an acceptable level of safety. Design Group VI runway width standards call for 200-foot wide runways with 40-foot wide shoulders for a total cross sect...
Safety issues discussed in the report include the availability of takeoff performance data for flightcrews, the proper functioning of pitot/static heat systems, the duration of cockpit voice recordings, and problems associated with passenger evacuations from airplanes. Safety recommendations concerning ...