{"id":99954,"date":"2025-06-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=99954"},"modified":"2025-06-17T06:02:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T00:32:49","slug":"southwest-installing-new-system-so-pilots-avoid-these-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/southwest-installing-new-system-so-pilots-avoid-these-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Installing New System So Pilots Avoid These Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DALLAS-<\/strong> Southwest Airlines (WN)<\/a> is rolling out a major cockpit safety upgrade across its Boeing 737 fleet to help pilots avoid critical errors during takeoff and landing. The system provides alerts for high-risk scenarios like approaching the wrong runway or landing too fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 700 aircraft in the airline\u2019s fleet, operating out of airports like Dallas Love Field (DAL), have already been equipped with SmartRunway and SmartLanding, developed by Honeywell Aerospace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: TOMAS DEL CORO | Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Southwest New System<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The new system is part of Honeywell’s Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) and includes two powerful software upgrades: SmartRunway and SmartLanding, PYOK<\/a> flagged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These features give pilots real-time visual and aural alerts when they are flying too fast, too high, or about to use an incorrect runway or taxiway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This situational awareness aims to prevent incidents during the most vulnerable phases of flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Southwest initiated this installation after several serious incidents, including an event in July 2024, when a 737 MAX<\/a> on approach to Tampa International Airport (TPA) descended to just 150 feet over the bay, with the crew unaware of the proximity to the water until ATC intervened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another case, a flight at Orlando International Airport (MCO)<\/a> nearly took off from a taxiway before being stopped by air traffic control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honeywell reports that approximately 87% of the airline\u2019s fleet has already been upgraded, with completion expected soon. These enhancements are certified for most Airbus and Boeing models, benefiting both commercial and business aviation platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: By Tom\u00e1s Del Coro – https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tomasdelcoro\/49898991303\/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=103538454<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Recent Incidents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A string of runway-related incidents involving Southwest prompted the airline and regulators to act. Among them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n