10/16/2024

FAA Opens Audit into Runway Incursion Risks at 45 Busiest U.S. Airports

The audit is expected to be completed in 2025

On Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it is opening an audit into runway incursion risks at the 45 busiest U.S. airports after a series of troubling near miss incidents.

Last week, the National Transportation Safety Board said air-traffic controllers cleared an Alaska Airlines jet last month to take off at Tennessee's Nashville International Airport on the same runway where a Southwest Airlines plane had been cleared to cross.

The runway incursion audit will include a risk profile for each airport, along with identifying potential gaps in procedures, equipment and processes, and recommendations to improve safety; it is expected to be concluded in early 2025.

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