Runway Safety

A Review Of Wake Turbulence After The First Lady’s Go Around Incident

Friday, April 29th, 2011

On Monday April 18th a Boeing 737 carrying the First Lady was required to discontinue their approach to Andrews Air Force Base because they came too close to a C-17. For those of us who fly often we know air traffic control may accidentally bring us too close to a larger plane in front of [...]

Hold Short of Where? Understanding The New Taxi Procedures.

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Sometimes the most difficult decisions we make are on the ground especially when taxiing on an airport with many intersecting runways. One airport I notice I must pay more attention to while taxiing is Louisville Airport (KSDF). One day while leaving we were given instructions to taxi to Runway 35R via Delta cross Runway 29. [...]