runway surface

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• runway surface condition NOTAM — NOTAMs (notices to airmen) disseminated to alert pilots to natural winter surface contaminants such as snow, slush, and ice conditions that could affect aircraft braking and other operational performance. Such NOTAMs are considered special series …   Aviation dictionary

• Runway visual range — (RVR) is a term used in aviation meteorology to define the distance over which a pilot of an aircraft on the centreline of the runway can see the runway surface markings delineating the runway or identifying its centre line. RVR is normally… …   Wikipedia

• Runway — This article is about the aircraft take off and landing area. For other uses, see Runway (disambiguation). Landing strip redirects here. For the pubic hairstyle, see Bikini waxing. RWY redirects here. For the audio/video connectors, see RCA… …   Wikipedia

• Runway Status Lights — (RWSL) is a fully automatic advisory safety system as a part of an ongoing effort to explore new technologies to increase safety during airport ground operations. [cite web| url = http://www.rwsl.net/| title = Runway Status Lights| accessdate =… …   Wikipedia

• Surface weather observation — Surface weather observations are the fundamental data used for safety as well as climatological reasons to forecast weather and issue warnings worldwide. [Office of the Federal Coordinator of Meteorology. [http://www.ofcm.gov/fmh 1/pdf/B CH2.pdf… …   Wikipedia

• Runway safety area — A runway safety area (RSA) or runway end safety area (RESA) 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, overshoot, or excursion from the runway …   Wikipedia

• Runway incursion — A runway incursion, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on April 27, 2006, is: Any occurrence at an aerodrome involving the incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle, or person on the protected area of a surface… …   Wikipedia

• runway clear zone — An area at ground level whose perimeter conforms to the runway’s innermost approach surface projected vertically. It begins at the end of the primary surface, and it terminates directly below the point(s) where the approach surface reaches a… …   Aviation dictionary

• runway shoulder — An area immediately beyond the edge of the pavement prepared to provide a transition between the pavement and the adjacent surface for aircraft running off the pavement, drainage, and sometimes blast protection. The minimum shoulder width for… …   Aviation dictionary

• runway safety area — An area abutting the edges of the usable runway symmetrically located about the runway and which has been cleared, drained, and normally turfed. It extends 200 ft (60 m) beyond each runway end. The width of the safety area varies according to the …   Aviation dictionary

• runway — [[t]rʌ̱nweɪ[/t]] runways N COUNT: usu the N At an airport, the runway is the long strip of ground with a hard surface which an aeroplane takes off from or lands on. The plane started taxiing down the runway …   English dictionary