McGhee Tyson Airport has had eight runways over the last four years. According to the new Travel Strat registration report, the number provides the Knoxville Travel Center near the middle of the package compared to similar size airports.
The McGhee Tyson was rated on the basis of its intrusion recordings that happen when something or something – a vehicle or plane – is somewhere on the runway and the landing path without permission.
Knoxville Airport was classified as a “small” airport in the study and appeared to be significantly overtaking Fairbanks International Alaska Airport, which announced the maximum number of almost missed goods in the category. McGhee Tyson fell far beyond Lihue Airport in Hawaii, who interviewed Lihue Airport in four years in four years in a report.
However, some calls are closer than others.
Each incident of the McGhee Tyson was involved in a small or less -risk classification by the Federal Aviation Administration, which provided the investigation data. Two out of close range has taken place at the airport in recent years.
What did the recent McGhee Tyson show looked like?
The latest incident entered the lowest FAA risk category for the runway events. According to information on the FAA website, these incidents are technically intruders but have no effect on safety.
This happened in March when aircraft maintenance passed without permission. The description of the Administration’s runway security office stated that there was no other flow at the event.
By March, the last incident occurred in November. It was a little more serious when the lower risk category of the runway is descended, rather than the lowest risk. After one entered the area near the runway and the landing path, there were a couple of planes without permission.
What does almost the number of errors mean?
Chris Mulloly, a FAA Public Affairs specialist, told Knox News by phone that the context of the runway running is important.
“There are so many operations that are going on a day, not to mention a year,” said Mulloly about McGhee Tyson. “Obviously, our goal is zero close calls, zero drive along the runway.”
According to the Federal Transport Department, McGhee Tyson was the fastest growing Great Airport in 2024.
“But these events sometimes happen,” he said. “We don’t want to see any of these populators, but if they are, we want to see them as D and CS,” he said, stating the FAA conditions for lower risk incidents.
According to FAA data, high -risk events increased from 2017 to 2023. All the biggest risk incidents occurred in California, the biggest tourist attraction and the most populated state of the nation.
Research on updated points shows how some airports create different records related to almost omissions.
However, people who are not responsible for the safety of the runway are not responsible for the personnel airports. It is the responsibility of the federal government that is asking the FAA for the runways and the airways for the safe passengers and crews.
What does FAA do to improve the safety of the runway?
She acknowledged the need to improve.
2023 Her interim administrator Billy Nolen made a security review team and announced a call to act to dive into data and to investigate a new safety practice.
“We are experiencing the safest period of aviation history, but we cannot take it for granted,” said Nolen’s FAA Board Memorandum. “We know that our aviation system is dramatically changing. Now is the time to act.”
The McGhee Tyson is now one of three initiatives that came from the call to the safety process, along with 76 airports. This allows the pilots to know that they are aligned with the wrong runway or a taxi.
Mariah Franklin is a growth and development reporter focused on technology and energy. E -mail Email [email protected].
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This article initially appeared in the Knoxville News Sentinel: Is the McGhee Tyson Airport Knoxville Safe, based on the new report, data?