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A runway incursion is an aviation incident involving improper positioning of vehicles or people on any airport runway or its protected area. When an incursion involves an active runway being used by arriving or departing aircraft, the potential for a collision hazard or instrument landing system (ILS) interference can exist.
Runway confusion is when a single aircraft uses the wrong runway, or a taxiway, for takeoff or landing. [7] Runway confusions are considered a subset of runway incursions. Three major factors that increase the risk of runway confusion include airport complexity, close proximity of runway thresholds, and joint use of a runway as a taxiway.
What is a runway incursion? An incursion is defined as the incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle, or person on the protected area of a surface designated for the landing and takeoff of ...
In 2023, 23 runway incursions (i.e. something was on the runway when it shouldn’t have been) were labeled as serious incidents. That was more that at any other point over the past decade.
With seven runway incursions of United States commercial aircraft during January and February, the first two months of 2023 saw the highest rate of such incidents in five years. 2018 to 2022 combined had 23 comparable incidents, 5 of which occurred in 2022. [1]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it is opening an audit into runway incursion risks at the 45 busiest U.S. airports after a series of troubling near miss ...
2001 Linate Airport runway collision, a 2001 airport collision between a McDonnell Douglas MD-87 and a Cessna CitationJet; 2005 Logan Airport near runway incursion, a 2005 near miss between a Airbus A330 and a Boeing 737; 2007 San Francisco International Airport runway incursion, a near miss between a Embraer 170 and a Embraer 120
The January 13, 2023, incident kicked off heightened awareness of similar cases – formally known as runway incursions – involving commercial flights at major airports, triggering at least six ...