Runway Safety Area

Words for: Airport Operations

Traffic Pattern
airstrips
traffic rules
wind conditions
taxiways
See and Avoid
midair collision
traffic pattern altitude
inbound pilots
Segmented Circle
Abeam
midpoint
collision hazards
pattern altitude
midpoint of the runway
tailwinds
landing runway
touchdown point
extended centerline
right-of-way
counteract drift
landing surface
upwind side
non-towered airport
midfield crosswind
runway centerline extension
Flight Plan
doorposts
uncontrolled airports
radio frequencies
visual scan
inbound traffic
heliports
seaplane bases
airport operations
nongovernment air/ground radio communication station
nontowered airport
Multicom
towered airport
nontowered
towered
intrastate
Reliever Airports
Enplanements
aeronautical chart legend
Notices to Airmen
Chart Supplement U.S
high-performance retractable
aeronautical chart bulletins
VOR receiver checkpoints
en route
LAHSO — Land and Hold Short Operations
Relocated Runway Threshold
Displaced Threshold
centerline markings
ATIS code
Runway Holding Position Sign
Pilot Deviation
runway safety area boundary sign
AC 150/5300-13
Runway Safety Area
Taxiway Kilo
collocated
collocated Taxiway Alpha location sign
magnetic azimuth
runway designation marking
runway distance remaining signs
runway holding position marking
Intersecting Runways
airport signs
simultaneous operations
surface painted taxiway direction signs
Taxiway Bravo
Taxiway Delta
taxiway direction signs
Destination Signs
enhanced taxiway centerline marking
ILS critical area
runway incursions
taxiway location sign
ILS critical area hold sign
Permanently Closed Runways and Taxiways
VOR receiver checkpoint markings
Approach Light Systems
airport beacon
Airport Lighting
three-bar VASI
two-bar VASI
3-bar VASI
2-bar VASI
extended runway centerline
sequenced flashing lights
nonprecision instrument runway
omnidirectional capacitor-discharge device
Runway Lighting
Visual Glideslope Indicators
runway edge lights
REIL — Runway End Identifier Lights
pulsating VASIs
In-Runway Lighting
taxiway centerline lead-on lights
taxiway centerline lead-off lights
RCLS — Runway Centerline Lighting System
New Lighting Technologies
Omnidirectional
taxiway lights
RWSL — Runway Status Lights
obstruction lights
stop bar lights
conspicuity
runway guard lights
clearance bar lights
Taxiway centerline lights
omnidirectional taxiway lights
Visual Approach Slope Indicator
Tetrahedron
wind direction indicators
Radio License
Radio Communications
Pilot/Controller Glossary
8.33 kHz channel spacing
kHz
kHz — kilohertz
MHz — megahertz
restricted radiotelephone permit
light signals
lost communication procedures
Aeronautical Mobile Service
Radio Equipment
phonetic alphabet
no transgression zone
radarscope
Transponder
Interrogator
Radar
attenuated
ATCRBS — ATC radar beacon system
Azimuth
Primary Radar
Stop Altitude Squawk
SQUAWK Altitude
SQUAWK Low/Normal
SQUAWK Standby
squawk
Air Traffic Control (ATC) Services
MODE A/3
Ident
SQUAWK VFR
SQUAWK Mayday
Automated Terminal Information Service
Wake Turbulence
Sectional Aeronautical Charts
counter-rotating vortices
Radar Traffic Advisories
FIS-B — Flight Information Services–Broadcast
TIS-B — Traffic Information Services–Broadcast
extended squitter
1090ES
Terminal Area
Vortex Generation
vortex strength
counter rotating cylindrical vortices
Vortex Avoidance Procedures
Vortex Behavior
clearing procedures
VFR cruising altitudes
right-of-way rules
collision avoidance
VOR sites
empty field myopia
Training Operations
runway incursion avoidance
joint use of a runway as a taxiway
Runway Confusion
hold short
ATC Instructions—Explicit Runway Crossing
ATC Instructions—"Hold Short"
ATC Instructions
unrestricted low approach
exit taxiway
ATIS/landing information
ATC Instructions—"Runway Shortened"
crushable concrete
arrestor bed
Engineered Materials Arresting System
AC 150/5220-22A
Rejected/Aborted Takeoff procedures
EMASMAX
AeroNav — National Aeronautical Navigation Services
NACO — National Aeronautical Charting Office

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Plain English Meaning

A flat, cleared strip of ground around the runway designed to give an aircraft a survivable surface if it lands short, runs off the end, or veers off the side.

Full Definition

A defined 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. It is graded, cleared of hazardous objects, and capable of supporting an aircraft and emergency vehicles under normal conditions.

Context Anchor

You will see this term in airport design, airport diagrams, safety discussions, and reports about runway overruns or runway excursions.

Plain English Meaning

Full Definition

Context Anchor

Why Pilots Care

Grounding Statement

Intuition Check

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