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Why Doesn The Airport Report Show, In Every Case, Distance To The Nearest Runway?

April 26, 2017Airport distance nearest report runway

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Why Doesn The Airport Report Show, In Every Case, Distance To The Nearest Runway?

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For many years now the Federal Aviation Administration has had a program to survey all airports (and runways) in the National Airspace System (NAS). This program is ongoing. They increase the number of surveyed runways every 56 days. The average number of new runways added to the data is approximately 10 to 20 every two months. This data is checked by our staff for accuracy (we have found mistakes) before we accept the data into our data base. We research and fix errors. If we can not verify the data, we do not use it. If an airport does not have data for its runways Airspace uses an algorithm to predict potential penetrations of the Horizontal and Conical surfaces. If the actual runway data is not available Airspace enters the distance to the Airport Reference Point (ARP) on the FAA Form 74601-1 in nautical miles.