runway-centerline marking
1runway threshold marking — Markings placed to indicate longitudinal limits of that portion of the runway usable for landing. They consist of long vertical lines 100 ft (30 m) long and 3 ft (1 m) wide and are placed just short of runway designation markings. They consist… …
2Runway — This article is about the aircraft take off and landing area. For other uses, see Runway (disambiguation). Landing strip redirects here. For the pubic hairstyle, see Bikini waxing. RWY redirects here. For the audio/video connectors, see RCA… …
3runway aiming point marking — The aiming point marking serves as a visual aiming point for a landing aircraft. These two rectangular markings consist of a broad white stripe located on each side of the runway centerline and approximately 1,000 ft from the landing threshold.… …
4runway designators — The direction of runway centerline, published and marked as two digits just after the threshold marking on both ends of the runway (e.g., 09/27, meaning the runway orientation is between 085° and 094° on one side and 265° and 274° on the other).… …
5runway alignment/orientation/heading — The direction of a runway centerline, published and marked as two digits just after the threshold marking on both ends of the runway (e.g., 09/27, meaning the runway orientation is between 085° and 094° on one side and 265° and 274° on the other) …
6runway marking — There are three types of markings on civil airfields: visual, nonprecision instrument, and precision instrument. Military airfields may use abbreviated markings in some cases. The basic markings on runways used for operations under VFR (visual… …
7precision instrument runway — A runway having an operative nonvisual precision approach aid (i.e., instrument landing system) specially marked with nonprecision instrument runway indications along with a touchdown zone, fixed distance markers, and side strips. The normal… …
8visual runway — A runway intended solely for the operation of aircraft using visual approach procedures, with no straight in instrument approach procedure and no instrument designation indicated on the national authority’s approved airport layout plan, military… …
9nonprecision instrument runway — A runway having an existing instrument approach procedure utilizing air navigation facilities with only horizontal guidance, for which a straight in nonprecision instrument approach procedure has been approved. The normal markings for such… …
10airport marking aids — Markings used on runways and taxiway surfaces to identify a specific runway, a runway threshold, a centerline, a hold line, etc. A runway should be marked in accordance with its present usage, such as visual, nonprecision instrument, and… …
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