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    A "hot spot" is a complex or confusing runway intersection or taxiway area that poses a risk of aircraft collisions or incidents due to factors like airport design, markings, lighting, traffic flow, or communication issues. While permanently fixing hot spots takes time, airports can immediately notify pilots and users to increase awareness of the risks through notices, briefings, or depicting them on diagrams. Reporting hot spots to airport management and air traffic control allows them to address safety issues before an accident occurs.

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    A "hot spot" is a complex or confusing runway intersection or taxiway area that poses a risk of aircraft collisions or incidents due to factors like airport design, markings, lighting, traffic flow, or communication issues. While permanently fixing hot spots takes time, airports can immediately notify pilots and users to increase awareness of the risks through notices, briefings, or depicting them on diagrams. Reporting hot spots to airport management and air traffic control allows them to address safety issues before an accident occurs.

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    A "hot spot" is a complex or confusing runway intersection or taxiway area that poses a risk of aircraft collisions or incidents due to factors like airport design, markings, lighting, traffic flow, or communication issues. While permanently fixing hot spots takes time, airports can immediately notify pilots and users to increase awareness of the risks through notices, briefings, or depicting them on diagrams. Reporting hot spots to airport management and air traffic control allows them to address safety issues before an accident occurs.

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    What Is A “Hot Spot?” What Can Be Done Immediately?

    A “hot spot” is a runway safety related It may take a considerable length to time to
    problem area or intersection on an airport. fix or improve a “hot spot.” Nevertheless,
    Typically it is a complex or confusing identification of and communication
    taxiway/taxiway or taxiway/runway about the problem is important. Following
    intersection. A confusing condition may notification to airport officials and FAA
    be compounded by a miscommunication authorities, dissemination of the “hot spot”
    between a controller and a pilot, and may situation can occur via various methods
    cause an aircraft separation standard to be including:
    compromised. The area may have a history
    • Issuance of a local “hot spot” notice
    of surface incidents or the potential for
    as a flyer or brochure for distribution
    surface incidents. This may be due to any
    to airport users
    mix of causes: Why Be Concerned About A Hot
    • Airport geometry Spot? • A safety briefing on the problem area
    for local pilots and ground vehicle
    • Ground traffic flow If the aircraft separation standard is likely operators
    to be compromised, then the probability of
    • Markings, signage, or lighting a collision with another aircraft, vehicle or • Request that Jeppesen depict the “hot
    person is increased. Airport and air traffic spot” on its diagram for that airport
    • Human factors
    management needs your input to identify
    the areas on the airport requiring special
    emphasis. Pilot input is particularly useful.
    It is better to report a potential safety
    problem than to overlook it and have an
    accident occur.

    What To Do About A Hot Spot


    Review of the runway safety related
    problem may result in various
    recommended solutions, both short-
    term and long-term, that need to be
    addressed in a broader forum, since they
    will affect airport users. For this reason,
    it is recommended that areas of concern
    be brought to the attention of airport
    management, and to air traffic management
    at towered airports.
    What Is A Runway Incursion (RI)?
    A runway incursion is any occurrence at an
    aerodrome involving the incorrect presence
    of an aircraft, vehicle or person on the
    protected area of a surface designated for
    the landing and take off of aircraft

    What Can You Do?


    If you should be aware of any locations
    on an airport that warrant extreme
    caution because of complex airport
    geometry and/or potential pilot
    disorientation, do not hesitate to inform
    airport or air traffic management. We
    FOCUS ON
    need your participation to reduce airport
    surface incidents, particularly runway
    incursions. Report:
    HOTSPOTS
    • Confusing pavement intersections
    • Unclear pavement markings or
    lighting
    • Perplexing/absent signage
    • Distracting airport conditions
    • Confusing air traffic procedures
    and communications

    Federal Aviation Administration


    Air Traffic Organization
    Office of Runway Safety
    www.faa.gov/runwaysafety
    OK-09-3619

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