Runway Condition Code Replaces Friction Values Provided To Pilots Under The Takeoff And Landing Performance Assessment Initiative On October 1, 2016 airports in the United States began using new reporting terminology to describe contaminated paved runways in both Field Condition Notices to Airmen (FICON NOTAMs) and on Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) messages per the Takeoff and Landing Performance Assessment (TALPA) initiative.
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