Braking action reports are received from which party?

• A. pilots
• B. FSS
• C. airport management
• D. aircraft operators

Answer: (A)

Braking action reports come from the pilots. When a runway is contaminated or braking performance changes, the flight crew on or near the runway observes how effectively the aircraft slows and reports that information to ATC using standard terms such as good, fair, or poor. This firsthand input is vital for air traffic controllers to manage arrivals and departures safely and to warn other pilots if conditions worsen.

Other groups aren’t the primary source of these real-time reports. Flight Service Stations provide weather and general flight information, not the live braking action report to the tower. Airport management may be aware of runway conditions, but they don’t routinely relay braking action reports to ATC. Aircraft operators may collect data for their own purposes, but the direct, operational source to ATC is the pilot in the aircraft.