West Michigan Regional Airport received a $152,539 grant to repaint runways and buy its first plow truck for winter.
On Dec. 28 the FAA released a proposed change to Advisory Circular150/5340-1J, Standard Airport Markings. The updated AC would require all 567 airports certificated under Part 139, not just the 75 ...
Runway markings are crucial for determining available instrument approach minimums (e.g., straight-in vs. circling) and classify runways as visual, non-precision, or precision instrument types.