Snowy Runways

One thing to keep in mind. You want to not only ask the runway condition, but taxiway and ramps as well. These are almost never in the NOTAMS. It does do any good to land and have no where to go.

Final thought. Even flying big jets, we have been fooled into thinking that the runway and the taxiway had been plowed. What was missed was the runway turn offs. Nothing like a MD-11 starting to slide sideways. :mad2:

NASA puts together this newsletter with things that come up in asrs and airline safety reports. Last month dealt with taxiway misadventures and the lack of taxiway condition reports.
 
Plows would,'t help some winter conditions. We had a thin sheet of solid ice/sleet this morning with 100% coverage of everything. We posted a NOTAM. Where the plows had been in town, there was just thinner ice/sleet. Nature took care of 90% of it by mid afternoon.
 
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