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PAPI’s FAROS

Steve Scott

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

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An Illegitimate Son Of DREADLE? After years of carping irritation from the NTSB, the FAA has decided to proof-test a system that will alert a pilot directly if there's an impending or actual runway incursion underway that will affect his safe landing. The FAA's system is called FAROS (Final Approach Runway Occupancy Signal) and it utilizes the PAPI (Precision Approach Path Indicator) to warn the oncoming aircraft on approach about any interlopers on "his" runway. The similarities to DREADLE, a…

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