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runway: see airport airport or airfield, place for landing and departure of aircraft, usually with facilities for housing and maintaining planes and for receiving and discharging passengers and cargo. ..... Click the link for more information. . runway 1. a hard level roadway or other surface from which aircraft take off and on which they land 2. Forestry US and Canadian a chute for sliding logs down 3. a narrow ramp extending from the stage into the audience in a theatre, nightclub, etc., esp as used by models in a fashion show How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Experienced pilots have mistaken a taxiway for an active runway at
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport eight times since 1999. The reports that I have read indicate that there have been
situations where taxiing aircraft have gone onto an active runway and
either collided with another airplane or came close. The terminal at the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport is as close
as 313 feet from the center of the active runways, more than 400 feet
too close to meet FAA safety standards. |
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