At towered airports--where, let's face it--most reportable
runway incursions occur--we need a taxi clearance to go with our knowledge.
Reducing
runway incursions has been a top objective for the FAA for more than a decade.
head down) on event monitoring as a function of whether the event was relatively routine (showing HUD benefits) or completely surprising (the
runway incursion showing HUD costs).
Runway incursions (see Figure 3) rose in the late 1980s, spurring the FAA to focus increased attention on this hazard.
According to the FAA, "approximately 65 percent of all
runway incursions are caused by pilots.
M2 EQUITYBITES-April 26, 2016-INDMEX Aviation launches Windows-based
runway incursion warning system (RIWS)
Hotchkiss said, Airport safety programs should specifically address the subject of
runway incursion prevention as it relates to the safe operations of aircraft traffic and aerodrome management as well as vehicular and pedestrian movement in the maneuvering area.
NICE Systems and UNICOM Government, Inc have announced they are partnering to provide Miami International Airport (IATA: MIA) with a
runway incursion system to enable the airport to better secure its airfield operations area (AOA).
The A-SMGCS will fuse multiple surveillance sources for a comprehensive view of the airport surface and to provide
runway incursion alerts to the air traffic controllers.
Highlights of the Safety Plan include actions to tackle the Significant Seven risks which include: loss of control; runway excursion; controlled flight into terrain;
runway incursion; airborne conflict; ground handling; and fire.
Runway incursion was one of those things I thought only happened to commercial airliners and only was discussed every year during instrument-ground school.