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A typical runway safety area, marked in brown color. A runway safety area (RSA) or runway end safety area (RESA, if at the end of the runway) is defined as "the surface surrounding the runway prepared or suitable for reducing the risk of damage to airplanes in the event of an undershoot, [1] overshoot, or excursion from the runway."
White space around the chart is filled with map information and the legend, scales, and tables of airport and airspace information. Terrain is color-coded for its elevation and major roads, cities, and bodies of water are shown for visual reference, as well as other identifiable structures (e.g., stadiums and water towers ).
Runway designations are shown at their respective thresholds. Since the runways are reversible, aircraft traveling on a WNW heading would be (for example) on 28R, but aircraft traveling in the opposite direction (ESE) on the same runway would be on 10L instead. T1 = Terminal 1, with boarding areas B and C; T2 = Terminal 2, with boarding area D
Runway 13R at Palm Springs International Airport An MD-11 at one end of a runway. In aviation, a runway is an elongated, rectangular surface designed for the landing and takeoff of an aircraft. [1] Runways may be a human-made surface (often asphalt, concrete, or a mixture of both) or a natural surface (grass, dirt, gravel, ice, sand or salt).
A flight progress strip or flight strip [1] is a small strip of paper used to track a flight in air traffic control (ATC). While it has been supplemented by more technologically advanced methods of flight tracking since its introduction, it is still used in modern ATC as a quick way to annotate a flight, to keep a legal record of the ...
English: Aiport diagram of John F. Kennedy International aiport, as published by the FAA, containing runway and taxiway information among other aeronautical markers. Date 13 October 2016
The top briefing strip lists the primary navigation type, identifier and frequency/channel, the final approach course, and information about the landing runway. The middle briefing strip includes procedure notes, the approach lighting system, and the missed approach procedure text. The bottom briefing strip includes communication information.
Flight strips were a special type of United States Army Air Forces airfield, consisting of a single paved runway (bituminous or concrete), between 1,800 and 8,000 feet long. They were located (and parallel) to an existing highway. Most date to World War II, and all were within the continental United States. The purposes of flight strips were: