Runway Threshold Definition

In plain language

The runway threshold is the official start of the landing area, as published in official aviation notifications or the UK military AIP.

Requirement as structured

Defines the runway threshold as the location notified or set out in the UK military AIP demarcating the start of the usable landing portion of the runway.

Original regulatory text

The “runway threshold” of a runway at the aerodrome is the location that, for the purpose of demarcating the start of the portion of the runway that is useable for landing, is— a notified as the threshold of the runway, or b set out as the threshold of the runway in the UK military AIP.

Applies when

country

United Kingdom

regulatory category

General