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Federal Aviation Administration: Runway Safety
URL: http://www.faa.gov/airports/runway_safety/

Description:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) documents and data on runway incursions, which are "occurrence[s] in the airport runway environment involving an aircraft, vehicle, person, or object on the ground that creates a collision hazard or results in a loss of required separation with an aircraft taking off" or landing. The "2005 Runway Safety Report" includes detailed information about runways at specific U.S. airports. Historical runway incursion data is available for 2001 to the present.

Publisher:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Extra Keywords
accidents

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Aeronautics -- Safety measures
Airports -- United States
Runways (Aeronautics)

LII Database Information:
Record 19991 created by Jennifer English on 12/09/2005
Last modification on 09/14/2009
Published: 12/15/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19991