The charted approach for that alternative landing takes jets within 15 feet of the top of the Route 4 helicopter corridor as it is depicted in navigation maps, according to a Washington Post ...

Approach for Reagan National’s Runway 33 is within feet of helicopter corridor. A Washington Post analysis of FAA maps shows the proximity of the flight path to a helicopter “tunnel” at a ...

American Airlines Chief Executive Robert Isom said Flight 5342 was “on an otherwise normal approach” to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport when it collided with a military helicopter ...

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has the busiest runaway in the US, ... “It was a final approach. It was at between 200 and 300 feet. It was where it needed to be.