Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport safety profile
88 recorded occurrences at or near Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (1980–2026): 32 at the airport, 56 nearby; 2 fatal, 3 fatalities.
What happens most
Runway incursions
The FAA Runway Safety database records 374 runway incursions at this airport, including 4 serious (Category A/B) events. Full runway incursion history.
Notable investigated occurrences
- 2012-11-04 — Hughes OH-6A, ATLANTA POLICE DEPARTMENT (2 fatalities) — 0.0 km
- 2025-02-24 — DELTA AIR LINES INC — 0.0 km
- 2024-12-11 — Aitheras Aviation group, LLC — 0.0 km
- 2024-09-10 — DELTA AIR LINES INC — 0.0 km
- 2024-08-31 — DELTA AIR LINES INC — 0.0 km
- 2023-10-25 — 0.0 km
- 2023-02-16 — Centennial Aviation Academy INC — 0.0 km
- 2020-11-25 — 0.0 km
- 2020-10-11 — 0.0 km
- 2019-11-07 — Embraer EMB-175LR, Republic Airline Inc — 0.0 km
- 2019-04-05 — Boeing/McDonnell Douglas MD88, Delta Air Lines — 1.1 km
- 2019-02-13 — 0.0 km
Runways
- 09L/27R: 12,390 ft, CON, lighted
- 08R/26L: 9,999 ft, CON, lighted
- 08L/26R: 9,000 ft, CON, lighted
- 09R/27L: 9,000 ft, CON, lighted
- 10/28: 9,000 ft, CON, lighted
Weather patterns
- Fog: 37.895 days/year
- Thunderstorms: 66.591 days/year
- Snow: 2.7 days/year
- Crosswind >15kt: 0.32% of observations
- Crosswind >25kt: 0.004% of observations
Counts reflect occurrences geo-attached within 25 km of the airport from our investigation-record corpus; they are not a complete history and are not a safety ranking. A recorded occurrence decades ago says little about operations today.