What Happened
Safety Panel Examines Parallel Departure Risks Amid Flight School Disruptions
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is reviewing operating restrictions at Centennial Airport (KAPA) near Denver, following a safety assessment that identified dozens of potentially hazardous interactions between aircraft departing from parallel runways. The agency’s Safety Risk Management panel will meet to evaluate the risks and consider possible changes to procedures. The restrictions, which prohibit simultaneous departures from the airport’s parallel runways, have forced flight schools to relocate training, prompting Centennial Airport officials to request stakeholder participation in the review. The FAA is working to develop additional safety measures, with no announced timeline for restoring previous operations, as reported by Unknown Source.