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=== Runway Safety Area === | === Runway Safety Area === | ||
Around the runway, there is a runway safety area, which is flat and mostly clear of objects. This is to make sure that there are no loose items on the ground near the runway that could impede aircraft using the runway. | Around the runway, there is a runway safety area, which is flat and mostly clear of objects. This is to make sure that there are no loose items on the ground near the runway that could impede aircraft using the runway. | ||
=== EMAS (Engineered Material Arresting Systems) === | |||
see main article ---> [[EMAS]] | |||
=== Blast Pads === | === Blast Pads === | ||
Often constructed at the beginnings and ends of runways are blast pads. These are to protect the runway and ground before it from jet blast produced by aircraft. If these blast pads are not there, terrain before the runway could degrade allowing the runway's surface to crumble towards it. When there are not areas at the ends of runways that are flat and smooth in case of overruns, such as at KMDW, these are often made into EMAS to help stop planes in overruns. They have yellow chevrons painted over them and are not suitable to land, take off, or taxi on unless emergency. | Often constructed at the beginnings and ends of runways are blast pads. These are to protect the runway and ground before it from jet blast produced by aircraft. If these blast pads are not there, terrain before the runway could degrade allowing the runway's surface to crumble towards it. When there are not areas at the ends of runways that are flat and smooth in case of overruns, such as at KMDW, these are often made into EMAS to help stop planes in overruns. They have yellow chevrons painted over them and are not suitable to land, take off, or taxi on unless emergency. | ||