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Key Takeaways:

  • An Air Traffic Controller at New Orleans Lakefront airport had to instruct a Cessna pilot on fundamental airport surface identification.
  • The controller clarified that areas marked with yellow lines are taxiways, while those with white lines are runways, indicating the pilot had confused the two.
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Overheard in IFR Magazine's 'On the Air' Section
Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air”

Flying into New Orleans Lakefront, and approach had switched us over to tower. One controller worked both ground and tower frequencies. There was minimal radio chatter with other aircraft but what was there was worth hearing:

Tower:
“Cessna XXX, for future reference, the one with the yellow line down the center is a taxiway, and the one with the white line is a runway.”

Tim Morrison
Houston, Texas

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