Runway pavement markings and signs provide useful information to pilots and are a key component of aviation safety. It is ...

A small airport runway with no instrument approach is not marked, or lighted, with all the marking or lights of a major airport's primary runway with Category III ILS (instrument landing) capability.

The project tested the viability of including markings at the runway’s midway point to help pilots better gauge distance along the runway. Pilots who are past the midway markings would have the ...

FAA, Air Industry To Study Runway Safety. August 16, 2007 / 8:44 AM EDT / AP Special teams of regulators, ...

ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Flights to and from Elko are on hold until Monday after an inspection found markings missing on about 1,000 feet of runway. The FAA notified the Elko Regional Airport on ...

About two-thirds of pilots indicated the marking has significant or potential safety value in landing decision-making. “Our results will provide the FAA with information to determine if a runway ...