{"id":4379,"date":"2025-02-07T00:10:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T00:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/faa-officials-weighed-closing-reagan-national-airport-runway-after-2024-close-calls-sources-say\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T00:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T00:10:01","slug":"faa-officials-weighed-closing-reagan-national-airport-runway-after-2024-close-calls-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/faa-officials-weighed-closing-reagan-national-airport-runway-after-2024-close-calls-sources-say\/","title":{"rendered":"FAA officials weighed closing Reagan National Airport runway after 2024 close calls, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Top officials at the Federal Aviation Administration, including then-Administrator Michael Whitaker, pushed last summer to close one of three runways at Washington&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/faa-plane-chopper-nearly-collided-in-2018-incident-near-reagan-national-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Reagan National Airport<\/a><\/span> following two close calls between airliners still on the ground, multiple sources told CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>Whitaker, who <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/plane-crash-dc-faa-administrator-trump-appointment\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">resigned<\/a><\/span> as FAA administrator ahead of the transition to the Trump administration, and others at the FAA wanted to close Runway 4 to traffic following an incident in April and another about six weeks later in late May.<\/p>\n<p>On April 18, there was a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/jetblue-flight-boston-near-miss-runway-reagan-national\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">close call<\/a><\/span> between Southwest Flight 2937 to Orlando and JetBlue Flight 1554 to Boston. The Southwest Boeing 737 was told to cross Runway 4 at the same time as the JetBlue Embraer 190 was cleared to take off from the same runway. Air traffic controllers ordered both planes to stop, but they came within approximately 300 feet of colliding.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-none embed--size-medium \"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/2-planes-close-to-colliding-at-reagan-national-airport\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">2 planes come close to colliding at Reagan National Airport<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">03:18<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On May 29, there was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/boston-flight-aborts-takeoff-reagan-national-avoid-runway-collision\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">another concerning incident<\/a><\/span> at the airport. American Airlines Flight 2134, an Airbus A319 cleared to take off for Boston, was forced to hit the brakes because a private King Air aircraft was cleared to land on an intersecting runway.<\/p>\n<p>Air traffic controllers caught the issue, telling the American flight to stop its takeoff roll \u2014 the plane was going about 92 mph at this point \u2014 and ordering the King Air to go around, but it had already landed. The American flight had 128 passengers and five crew members on board.<\/p>\n<p>The move to close the runway received notable pushback and included an argument that closing it would cause additional burdens on Runway 33 \u2014 the runway American Flight 5342 was supposed to land on last Wednesday, when it and an Army Black Hawk helicopter <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/crash-reagan-national-airport-washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">collided in midair<\/a><\/span>, killing <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/dc-plane-crash-victims-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">67 people<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>According to an impact statement reviewed by CBS News, &#8220;Runway 04 has the added benefit of not needing to cross any runways to reach. If Runway 04 is removed, Runway 33 usage will increase. In order to get to Runway 33, Ground must cross both Runway 01 and Runway 04 while traffic is holding in position waiting to depart and traffic is approaching a 2 mile final to Runway 01.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The FAA told CBS News in a statement: &#8220;Following the May 29, 2024, close call incident at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), the FAA took action on May 31, 2024, by temporarily pausing flights on runway 4 at DCA, which is a limited-use runway used by small regional carriers, while we examined the complexity of multiple intersecting runways.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reagan National has three runways currently in use, according to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which operates the airport. Runway 1\/19, the primary runway, is 7,169 feet long. Runway 15\/33 is 5,204 feet long while Runway 4\/22 is 5,000 feet long.<\/p>\n<p>Because of its short length, Runway 4 is used infrequently and requires additional coordination with air traffic control. It is restricted to smaller aircraft landings \u2014 primarily regional jets like the Bombardier CRJ700 and CRJ900 and the Embraer 170 or E-190 airliners. Only about one-fifth of the airport&#8217;s 407 daily departures are estimated to be eligible to use Runway 4. Instead, it&#8217;s more commonly used as a taxiway to get around the congested airfield.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"A passenger jet is framed in the runway threshold lights on takeoff as another jet lines up for landing in the background at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Aug. 12, 2024, in Arlington, Virginia. \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/06\/7ad8cdf7-dc01-4ae5-940d-50aba32cb476\/thumbnail\/620x413\/abab497e1425757ec53fe4c0b5f1283b\/gettyimages-2166519094.jpg?v=d54d11a41ff0a005a15d3290716e6f92 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/06\/7ad8cdf7-dc01-4ae5-940d-50aba32cb476\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/8761c780f9a93a7cce6a7c83d8616d6d\/gettyimages-2166519094.jpg?v=d54d11a41ff0a005a15d3290716e6f92 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">A passenger jet is framed in the runway threshold lights on takeoff as another jet lines up for landing in the background at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Aug. 12, 2024, in Arlington, Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                J. David Ake\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The focus on congestion at Reagan National has been ongoing in recent months after the airport authority and several area lawmakers, including Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, came out against an effort to add additional flights to the capacity-restricted airport last year. The FAA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flyreagan.com\/sites\/flyreagan.com\/files\/2023-06\/FAA-DCA-Air-Service-Analysis-Memo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pushed back<\/a> against a report calling for additional flights to be added at Reagan citing existing airport congestion issues.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately Congress opted to move ahead with adding five additional long distance flights.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The slabs are federally controlled, federally mandated, and we have to follow federal regulations,&#8221; Terry Liercke, a vice president for the airport authority and airport manager for Reagan National, told reporters Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Officials with the airport authority declined to directly address congestion concerns following last week&#8217;s collision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The United States airspace is the safest in the world. Safety is our, one of our top priorities, and we continue to ensure that the airport is safe for operations,&#8221; Liercke said in response to a reporter&#8217;s questions Friday. &#8220;&#8230; We work with the FAA. We are regulated by the FAA. We comply with all FAA safety regulations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reagan is one of three capacity-controlled airports in the United States. It&#8217;s sometimes referred to as slot-controlled, where each slot is a takeoff or a landing. A new route typically requires a slot pair. Since 2000, Congress has added 64 such slot pairs at Reagan, which would support an additional 32 flight routes every day.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/olivia-rinaldi\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Olivia Rinaldi<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__image\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/olivia-rinaldi\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"img \"><img alt=\"img-0180.jpg \" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/10\/09\/490cf906-07b0-45c8-8340-5347342b7260\/thumbnail\/80x80\/837976e1caa0b6d20205e145eeac0c77\/img-0180.jpg?v=d54d11a41ff0a005a15d3290716e6f92 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/10\/09\/490cf906-07b0-45c8-8340-5347342b7260\/thumbnail\/160x160\/7fbe8312b879ecd35eee8478b75f04e8\/img-0180.jpg?v=d54d11a41ff0a005a15d3290716e6f92 2x\"\/><\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Olivia Rinaldi is a White House reporter at CBS News. 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