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Landing Area Condition

JO 7110.65BB, Change 3, effective July 9, 2026 · Official text on faa.gov

If you observe or are informed of any condition which affects the safe use of a landing area:

Relay the information to the airport manager/military operations office concerned.
Copy verbatim any information received and record the name of the person submitting it.
Confirm information obtained from other than authorized airport or FAA personnel unless this function is the responsibility of the military operations office.
Note

Civil airport managers are required to provide a list of airport employees who are authorized to issue information concerning conditions affecting the safe use of the airport.
If you are unable to contact the airport management or operator, issue a NOTAM publicizing an unsafe condition and inform the management or operator as soon as practicable.
Example

“DISABLED AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY.''
Note
1. Legally, only the airport management/military operations office can close a runway.
2. Military controllers are not authorized to issue NOTAMs. It is the responsibility of the military operations office.
Runway Condition Codes (RwyCC).
1. Furnish RwyCC, as received from the Airport Operator, to aircraft via the ATIS.
  1. Use the runway number, followed by the RwyCC, for each of the three runway segments, and include the time of the report.
    Example
    
    “Runway Two-Seven, condition codes two, two, three at one zero one eight zulu.”
  2. When an update to the RwyCC is provided, verbally issue to all aircraft until the ATIS broadcast can be updated.
    Example
    
    “Runway (number) condition codes two, three, one.”
    
    Reference
    
    Advisory Circular AC 150/5200-30D, Airport Winter Safety and Operations
2. Issue FICON NOTAMs upon pilot request, workload permitting.
In the absence of RwyCC, issue to aircraft only factual information, as reported by the airport operator or pilotsconcerning the condition of the runway surface, describing the accumulation of precipitation.
Example

“All runways covered by compacted snow 6 inches deep.”

Reference

FAA Order JO 7110.65, Para 4-7-12, Airport Conditions.