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Census City, Mo. – Engineers are in the final test phase of a cockpit alert system that they say that close calls on the runway can stop.
Honeywell Aerospace’s “Surface Alert System,” or “Surf-A”, can find out that an evil aircraft is found in the way of another aircraft that has been approved for takeoff or landing. When an unauthorized aircraft enters the runway on the course of a collision with an authorized aircraft, the system gives two karna alerts to the pilots. The first alert seems to be 30 seconds before the collision, and the second alert seems to be 15 seconds before the collision.
Honeywell Test Pilot Doug Ribsinski said, “It seems that in small quantities, but things happen so fast, and 15 to 30 seconds are really a very, very big margin when you are moving at the speed that we are moving in an aircraft like this.”
Aural call-out includes an automatic sound that says, “Traffic on the runway.”
“It’s great, I would say directly, call out,” Rybczynski said.
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Surf-A gives two enchanting warnings to the pilots when they are on the course of confrontation with another aircraft during takeoff and landing. The first alert seems to be out of 30 seconds from the collision, and the second alert seems to be out of 15 seconds. (Honeywell aeroscopes)
Honeywell Crew flew from Canasus City Downtown Airport to Topka, Kansas in Missouri. On the Topka’s approach to the Test flight 757, a honeywell crew member parked a small Gulfstream aircraft at the end of the runway, triggering the surf-e alert system. After listening to both alerts, the pilot made a “Go-Around” maneuver.
The performance simulated a 2023 calls at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas. In that scenario, a Fedex B767 was approved to land under poor conditions. As soon as the Fedex aircraft came close, the pilots noticed that a south -west airlines B737 put a line on the runway below them. Fedex pilots were able to make a final-second-second go-around maneuver to avoid collision, but Honeywell says that Surf-A system, which was not around that time, would have given an additional 28 second notice to the pilots.
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The federal aviation, called Surf-e “Smart X”, depends on the administration-leading technology and is around 2008. This tells the pilots whether they are launching on a taxiway, and if they are coming for much faster or too much landing.
Honeywell began to develop Surf-A system in 2020 when the aviation industry saw more close calls on the runway. Using the “Ads-B” technique, an GPS system that finds an airplane position for other pilots, engineers were able to determine the trajectory of aircraft that are on the courses of confrontation.
Engineer has been developing Surf-A since 2020 on board honeywell test flight 757. (Fox News)
In 2024, the FAA reported 1,664 runs, which when an aircraft enters the runway without no evacuation. Seven of them included two aircraft on the collision course.
The FAA has reported 657 runs in 2025 so far.
The Federal Aviation Administration reported 1,664 runs in 2024. Seven of them included the aircraft in the course of one confrontation. (Fox News)
“I think for a lot of travelers, I think there is not an alert system available today, to tell that you are ready to walk on another aircraft on the runway,” Honeywell Aerospace said the technical partner said.
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The FAA said that the best way to eliminate runway events is to improve the infrastructure of the airport by making the edge lights, pavement markers, signage and taxis less complex. Since 2021, the FAA has given about $ 12 billion to airports across the country to improve the infrastructure of the airport.
Honeywell Engineers says that pilots are finally the last line of defense to prevent the runway from being underdeveloped. (Fox News)
However, Fairassen said that pilots are ultimately the last row of defense.
“The pilots have a shared fate on the aircraft,” Fairassen said. “The pilot can do everything right, but on a route to disaster.”
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Honeywell aerospace is pitching prototypes for major airlines, and expects to certify the system by September. Engineers said the system could be added to commercial flights in early 2026.
