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RUNWAY 

• According to theInternational Civil AviationOrganization(ICAO),a runwayis a defned rectangular areaon a land aerodrome

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• &unways are num-ered according the magnetic compassdirection they are oriented to

• Consists o two num-ers one at each end o runway

• .receding that num-er are eight stripes

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DECLARED DISTANCES

• /01m(230t) long and 2m(/4t) wide in smallergeneral aviation airports"

• 1,133m(52,301t) long and23m(/4/t) wide at largeinternational airports"

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• *y 133 eet is the touchdown zone , identifed -y si: stripes

• &unway num-ers are not given in degrees, rather in

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• e"g" a runway with a marking o 50 is actually 503 degrees

• 7or simplicity 7AA rounds o the precise headings to nearesttens

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RUNWAY LIGHTING

• 6hese lights are used to assistpilot in to identiy the runway

• GREEN THRESHOLD LIGHTS ;

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RUNWAY WITH AIRPORT INFRASTRAUC

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• &unway e:cursion

• &unway overrun

• &unway incursion

• &unway conusion

• &unway undershoot

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