Buffalo Niagara International Airport safety profile

5 recorded occurrences at or near Buffalo Niagara International Airport (19972022): 2 at the airport, 3 nearby; 0 fatal, 0 fatalities.

What happens most

By year

  • 20221 (0 fatal)
  • 20151 (0 fatal)
  • 20141 (0 fatal)
  • 20091 (0 fatal)
  • 19971 (0 fatal)

By flight phase

  • Other / unknown3
  • Climb1
  • Landing1

Runway incursions

The FAA Runway Safety database records 42 runway incursions at this airport, including 1 serious (Category A/B) events. Full runway incursion history.

Notable investigated occurrences

Runways

  • 05/23: 8,829 ft, ASP, lighted
  • 14/32: 7,161 ft, ASP, lighted

Weather patterns

  • Fog: 53.793 days/year
  • Thunderstorms: 27.696 days/year
  • Snow: 88.688 days/year
  • Crosswind >15kt: 0.033% of observations
  • Crosswind >25kt: 0% 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.