RUNWAY INCURSIONS

Lead-in quote

“Taxiway or runway confusion events are the precursors of runway

incursions and, potentially, of ground collisions between two
aircrafts or between an aircraft and an airport vehicle or
construction equipment.”

• A runway incursion is the unauthorized entry onto a

runway by an aircraft, a vehicle, a person or an object.
Precursors for runway incursions
• Communication failures
• Insufficient language proficency
• Poor state or airport markings
• Technical failures
• Distractions
• Use of different frequencies
• Absence of updated charts and information
• Fatigue
• Weather conditions
• Stress
• Use of two language in the frequency
• Failure to request confirmation or clarification
Grammar Key points
• Present simple: (do/does) + subject + verb e.g. Do you fly?

• Present Continuous: (am/is/are) + subject + verb (-ing form) e.g. Are you flying?

• Past Simple: did + subject + verb e.g. Did you fly?

• Present perfect simple: (has/have) + subject + been + verb (-ing form) e.g. Have you been flying?

• Future: Will + subject + verb, e.g. Will you fly?

Departure information

Typical Exchange
Pilot Controller
1.Call control
-name of control
-callsign
-request data
2. Control replies
-aircraft callsign
-runway
-wind direction & strenght
-temperature, dew point, QNH

3. Pilot replies
-readback
-callsign
Vocabulary
• Breakdown
Communication: • Complexity
• Make
• Pieces
• Receive
• Give • Lack
• Readback
• Plain
• Realice
• Further
• Repeat
• Confuse • Gusting
• Give
• Mist

• Threshold

• Flock
Questions

 ¿What can cause a runway incursion and what will be the problems that this may cause?

 What will be the correct communication sequence when you want to ask for departure information?
Recommendations
• Always use a clear an unambiguous method on the operating console to
indicate that a runway is temporarily obstructed.
• When talking to controllers who don’t speak native english, break up the
message into its individual words by using pauses.
• Ask when not sure about a piece of information.
• Include the full callsign when giving an instruction or Reading back.