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How are landing aircraft handled during an emergency runway closure?

As a tower controller, in case of an unexpected unusual situation for an aircraft on final approach, this will be my list of priorities: Clear the runway of other traffic Determine if fire and rescue ...
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These "FICON" NOTAM's contractions aren't in the FAA contraction list. What do they mean?

FICON is outlined in FAA JO 7930.107 "FICON REPORTING". FICON is the "FIeld CONditions reporting. It identifies information that used to be called "braking action", but is now a little more succinct....
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Why don’t aircraft undergo contaminated-runway landing-distance and rejected-takeoff certification testing?

Baseline performance data was developed some years ago by an FAA test program called the Joint Winter Runway Friction Program to develop mathematical models of the effects of the different types of ...
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How are landing aircraft handled during an emergency runway closure?

The immediate priority is to ensure aircraft separation is maintained, and send out rescue vehicles to the problematic aircraft if needed. Therefore, ATC will: Issue a "go around" instruction to the ...
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How are landing aircraft handled during an emergency runway closure?

Depending on how long the runway is expected to be closed (from a few minutes to clear it of FOD to more than a few hours because the aircraft wreckage is still on the runway) the tower will either ...
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When is a runway considered to be wet or slippery for 135 or 121 landing performance considerations?

I also could not find a definition for wet or slippery by the FAA, only for a contaminated runway: CONTAMINATED RUNWAY− A runway is considered contaminated whenever standing water, ice, snow, slush, ...
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Does the landing distance required for a wet runway needs to be within a certain range of the landing distance available?

Short Answer = Yes. Long Answer = landing within 70% of the LDA rule is a HARD limitation. The runway's length does not change with the weather, so the 70% cannot be changed. But, of course, your A/C ...
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