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ROA / KROA · Roanoke, Virginia · USA

Watch item – research candidate
Project type
After incident
Strength of evidence
High
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Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional — EMAS-ersättning väntas efter incident (2025-09-01)

A source-backed watch item, not confirmation of an active project or current physical installation.

Why RWI is watching this: Relevant EMAS activity exists, but commercial timing or maturity is still uncertain.

Runways
16/346/24
Documented EMAS

2 installations · EMASMAX · Runway 34

Installed 2004 · Runway Safe

Runway 16 FAA NASR current presence

Physical location per FAA NASR: runway 34. NASR cycle 2026-08-06. This record describes runway-end presence, not project status or physical history.

EMAS installation (2)
EMASMAX Runway 34 Current physical state
Source
FAA EMAS Incidents and Installations map (verified CSV export)
Federal Aviation Administration · FAA map data
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Details from the source

FAA map region: Map - Main

EMASMAX No confirmed runway link Installed 2004 Confirmed vendor: Runway Safe
Source
How a Safety System Stops a Runaway United Plane at Roanoke Airport
WSLS 10 (Roanoke, VA) · News source · 2025-09-25
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Details from the source

1 system, enligt bade 2011- och 2016-Fact Sheet, ingen andring. Matchar var egen tidigare research (2004 ursprunglig, helt ersatt 2024). [2026-08-28] [2024 replacement confirmed] Fullstandigt ersatt varen 2024 (april-maj), $12M, finansierat via federala/delstatliga/lokala medel + passenger facility charge. Leverantor: Runway Safe (4 708 EMASMAX-block, via entreprenoren Branch Builds/Branch Group). Bekraftar och preciserar den egna tidigare noteringen nedan. Oberoende kallor: WSLS (https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2025/09/26/how-a-safety-system-stops-a-runaway-united-plane-at-roanoke-airport/), Branch Group (https://www.branchgroup.com/emas-roanoke-blacksburg-airport/), ENR-artikeltitel (https://www.enr.com/articles/61847-award-of-merit-airport-transit-roanoke-blacksburg-airport-runway-16-34-emas-replacement). RWI:s egna redan befintliga SourceAssertion 88 (FY2023-bidrag) och 98 (FY2024-bidrag) bekraftar redan syfte/plats (Runway 16/34, 34-anden) men anger inte sjalva ett slutfort-ar - det faststalls har av de externa kallorna ovan, inte av bidragstexterna ensamma.

Location
Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional: 37.3255, -79.9754

37.3255, -79.9754

Projects and watch items
SignalLifecycleStatusProject typeConfidenceYearSourceScore
Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional — EMAS-ersättning väntas efter incident (2025-09-01)
A source-backed watch item, not confirmation of an active project or current physical installation.
 Developing watch Watch item – research candidateAfter incident
High
– FAA map data 8.0
Funding and grants (2)

USAspending grant — $359K, FY2024 Developing watch Watch item – research candidate · 8.0

USAspending grant — $4.0M, FY2023 Needs research Watch item – research candidate · 8.0

Intelligence historyReal, source-backed project and funding events in chronological order - never an assumed causal link between entries
2023
USAspending grant — $4.0M, FY2023 Replacement
Funding · Watch item – research candidate Needs research

Grant: $4,000,000 · A grant amount does not automatically indicate an EMAS contract value, a vendor's revenue, a total project cost, or a completed procurement - see "Estimated EMAS share" on the signal's own page for what is actually established.

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2024
USAspending grant — $359K, FY2024 Replacement
Funding · Watch item – research candidate Developing watch

Grant: $359,073 · A grant amount does not automatically indicate an EMAS contract value, a vendor's revenue, a total project cost, or a completed procurement - see "Estimated EMAS share" on the signal's own page for what is actually established.

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2025
EMAS activation Incident
Incident · EMAS engaged
Without a certain event date
Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional — EMAS-ersättning väntas efter incident (2025-09-01) After incident
Project · Watch item – research candidate Developing watch

Neither the event's timing nor the source's date is known.

Evidence 4 sources

Source-backed, but no reviewed claim has been transcribed yet for the sources below - see each one's own link to the original source.

How a Safety System Stops a Runaway United Plane at Roanoke Airport
WSLS 10 (Roanoke, VA) · News source · 2025-09-25 · Open source →
USAspending grant: Roanoke Regional Airport Commission
Department of Transportation · USAspending grant · 2024-08-13 · Open source →
USAspending grant: Roanoke Regional Airport Commission
Department of Transportation · USAspending grant · 2023-08-28 · Open source →
FAA EMAS Incidents and Installations map (verified CSV export)
Federal Aviation Administration · FAA map data · Open source →
Incidents
DateTypeEMAS
2025-09-01 EMAS activation Yes