Wrong Surface Landings
In October 2017, FAA distributed FAAST Notice NOTC7400 to raise pilots’ awareness of Wrong Surface Landings (landing on the wrong runway, a taxiway or at the wrong airport) occurring within the National Airspace System (NAS). Since then, Wrong Surface Landings (WSL) continues to occur, approximately one every other day. Airport geometry, communication and expectation bias are among the most common wrong surface landing precursors: Parallel and offset parallel runway configurations contribute to more WSL than any other configuration Pilots incorrectly proceed to the runway they typically utilize or expect, vs. the one actually assigned by ATC, even after correctly reading