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FAA officials weighed closing Reagan National Airport runway after 2024 close calls, sources say

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FAA pushed to close one of three runways at Washington 's Ronald Reagan National Airport last summer .

Runway 4 was closed after two close calls between airliners still on the ground in April and May .

Air traffic controllers ordered both planes to stop, but they came within 300 feet of colliding.

The FAA says closing the runway would cause additional burdens on Runway 33 .

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