How Slippery Is Your Runway? FAA, Industry Have The Answer

Credit: Chicago Police Department
As of Oct. 1, U.S. commercial service airports began using a code—a number from 0 to 6—to alert pilots to the state of runways contaminated by snow, slush, ice or water. The creation of the so-called runway condition code (RCC), which replaces “Mu” friction levels that many airports measure with...

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