You may have noticed the large painted numbers (or alphanumeric in some cases) on either end of the runways. Have you ever wondered what those represent and why there are a maximum of two numbers ...

On August 27, 2006, Comair flight 5191 attempted to takeoff from the wrong runway at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington Kentucky ...

Magnetic north is always on the move. That caused the Rochester International Airport runway this week to blast off its painted name of Runway 2/20 to replace it with a new designation. Andrew Lyman, ...