Approach Runway Verification Program

FAA surface-safety program and STARS feature that provides visual and audible alerts when an arriving aircraft may be aligned with a wrong runway, wrong airport, taxiway, or closed runway, improving controller situational awareness and reducing wrong-surface events.

Identity

Aliases: Approach Runway VerificationARVApproach Runway Verification Program
Domains: aviation
Name: Approach Runway Verification Program
Status: active
Types: infrastructureoperationsdevelopment

Details

Description: FAA surface-safety program and STARS feature that provides visual and audible alerts when an arriving aircraft may be aligned with a wrong runway, wrong airport, taxiway, or closed runway, improving controller situational awareness and reducing wrong-surface events.
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Assets & Meta

Creation Time: August 13, 2026 at 02:30:19 UTC
Updated Time: August 13, 2026 at 02:30:19 UTC

Other

Official Urls: https://www.faa.gov/approach-runway-verification-full-capabilityhttps://www.faa.gov/surface-safety-portfoliohttps://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/foa_html/chap12_section_6.html