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RUNWAY IN USE/ACTIVE RUNWAY/DUTY RUNWAY

Pilot/Controller Glossary with JO 7110.65BB, Change 3, effective July 9, 2026 · Official text on faa.gov

Any runway or runways currently being used for takeoff or landing. When multiple runways are used, they are all considered active runways. In the metering sense, a selectable adapted item which specifies the landing runway configuration or direction of traffic flow. The adapted optimum flight plan from each transition fix to the vertex is determined by the runway configuration for arrival metering processing purposes.

In the 7110.65

Used in 7 paragraphs of JO 7110.65BB.

  1. 2-9-3Content
  2. 3-1-3Use of Active Runways
  3. 3-5-1Selection
  4. 3-7-2Taxi and Ground Movement Operations
  5. 3-10-9Runway Exiting
  6. 3-11-2Helicopter/Powered‐Lift Takeoff Clearance
  7. 3-11-6Helicopter/Powered‐Lift Landing Clearance