Which term describes an incident involving an aircraft, vehicle, or person on the protected landing and takeoff surface?

Which term describes an incident involving an aircraft, vehicle, or person on the protected landing and takeoff surface?

• A. FOD
• B. Runway Incursion
• C. CMAV
• D. Overrun

Answer: (B)

Runway incursion is the situation described: an aircraft, vehicle, or person on the protected landing and takeoff surface in a way that could disrupt operations or create a collision risk with an aircraft using the runway. The protected area covers the runway itself and the surrounding safety zones, so anyone or anything entering that surface without clearance poses a hazard to arriving or departing aircraft. For example, a vehicle entering the runway while a plane is landing would be a runway incursion. Other terms refer to different issues—FOD is debris on the surface, which can damage aircraft but isn’t about someone or something being on the runway itself; an overrun occurs when an aircraft can't stop in time and runs off the end of the runway. CMAV describes a different category of incident not defined by unauthorized presence on the runway.

Runway incursion is the situation described: an aircraft, vehicle, or person on the protected landing and takeoff surface in a way that could disrupt operations or create a collision risk with an aircraft using the runway. The protected area covers the runway itself and the surrounding safety zones, so anyone or anything entering that surface without clearance poses a hazard to arriving or departing aircraft. For example, a vehicle entering the runway while a plane is landing would be a runway incursion. Other terms refer to different issues—FOD is debris on the surface, which can damage aircraft but isn’t about someone or something being on the runway itself; an overrun occurs when an aircraft can't stop in time and runs off the end of the runway. CMAV describes a different category of incident not defined by unauthorized presence on the runway.