Midpoint Runway Marking

The aviation industry continues to experience landing overruns due in part to pilots touching down beyond the midpoint of the available runway. In some landing overruns, pilots were unaware that the midpoint was reached and nonetheless “forced” the landing instead of implementing the go-around/aborted landing procedure. Incident reports confirmed that forced landings were coupled with frequent overruns. Over the years airport operators and pilots have occasionally reported that knowing the location of the midpoint of runways would help them to minimize such accidents. There is a greater tendency for landing overruns at airports that primarily serve general aviation operations with runway lengths less than 4200 feet in length and being utilized by student pilots and those pilots that primarily fly on the weekends only. In order to identify potential markings that can assist in mitigating this risk, the research team will evaluate the design for and potential benefits of a marking placed at or near the midpoint of a general aviation runway that would inform pilots of the potential for an overrun/overshoot on a landing.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Centers of Excellence - Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility, and Sustainability

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $160,877.62
• Contract Numbers:

  12-C-GA-PU-027

  12-C-GA-TEES-005

  12-C-GA-PU-039

  12-C-GA-PU-080

  12-C-GA-TEES-011

  12-C-GA-TEES-033

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City International Airport
  Atlantic City, NJ  United States  08405
• Project Managers:

  Cyrus, Holly

• Performing Organizations:

  Texas A&M University, College Station

  Zachry Department of Civil Engineering
  3136 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3136

  Purdue University, Polytechnic

  401 N. Grant Street
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907
• Principal Investigators:

  Hawkins, H

  Dillman, Brian

• Start Date: 20150713
• Expected Completion Date: 20160930
• Actual Completion Date: 20160930
• Source Data: PEGASAS Project 14

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Aircraft pilotage; Airport operations; Aviation safety; General aviation; Landing aids; Runway overruns
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01587293
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility and Sustainability
• Contract Numbers: 12-C-GA-PU-027, 12-C-GA-TEES-005, 12-C-GA-PU-039, 12-C-GA-PU-080, 12-C-GA-TEES-011, 12-C-GA-TEES-033
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 19 2016 4:02PM