More than 20 of the largest airports in the US have runway status lights as standard, and CLT has them on its existing runways. So it is surprising that they are not planned for the new runway ...

But as it stands now, the runway will not be outfitted with those safety lights. An April 2024 letter from the airport’s chief infrastructure officer puts the blame on financial reasons.

How Often Do Aviation Near-Misses Occur? There were 1,474 runway incursions—defined as incidents “involving the incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle, or person” on a runway—in the ...

The pilot also would have likely noticed the lights weren’t working as he descended. Without lights, procedure dictated that he should have climbed and diverted to another airport, Guzzetti said.

Runway lights were out as pilot tried to land at foggy San Diego airport before fatal crash Music talent agent Dave Shapiro, the former drummer for metal band The Devil Wears Prada, and two ...

How common are KCI runway incursions? From 2002 through November of last year, there have been a total of 33 runway incursions at KCI, according to the latest FAA data available.

SAN DIEGO — The runway lights were out, a weather alert system wasn’t working and there was heavy fog at a San Diego airport when a pilot who had flown across the country made the decision to ...

The runway lights were out, a weather alert system wasn’t working and there was heavy fog at a San Diego airport when a pilot who had flown across the country made the decision to proceed with ...