At Academy Tower, the Local Control position must use automatic releases on ___.

• A. Runways 10R/L and 28R/L only
• B. All runways
• C. Runways 4R/22L only
• D. Runways 9L and 27R only

Answer: (A)

Automatic releases help keep the flow smooth and safe when multiple runways can be used at the same time. They automatically clear an aircraft to move off the runway or onto a taxi route once there’s enough separation, reducing workload and the chance of conflicts on busy, parallel-runway configurations. At Academy Tower, this tool is used on the runways that are paired for simultaneous operations, which are 10R/10L and 28R/28L. Using automatic releases on these runways ensures consistent sequencing when arrivals and departures share the area near the runway complex. The other runways aren’t configured for automatic releases in standard practice, so they’re cleared manually.