The North Texas airport is one of four airports receiving the new technology, including Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Indianapolis International Airport and Nashville International Airport. The government is implementing surface awareness initiative systems at the airports by July 2024, and other airports will receive it by the end of 2025.“We’re committed to doing everything possible to make our runways even safer,” said Mike Whitaker, FAA administrator in a release.
miscommunication between air traffic control at DFW Airport and an Airbus A321, led to the plane on the wrong runway while taxiing for takeoff, resulting in a near miss, according to FAA records had to apply “full throttle to ensure they overflew the A321″ and veer to the right to avoid a collision by less than 200 feet. The FAA has tracked runway incursion data since 2002 andAt Love Field, six runway incursions were reported to the FAA in 2023. DFW Airport had 22 runway incursions reported in 2023.Dallas police officers responded to a 911 call about gunfire in the 3300 block of Hudnall Street, near Lemmon Avenue, officials wrote in a news release., Aviation Reporter.