Buffalo Niagara International Airport safety profile
5 recorded occurrences at or near Buffalo Niagara International Airport (1997–2022): 2 at the airport, 3 nearby; 0 fatal, 0 fatalities.
What happens most
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
- 2022-09-24 — 0.0 km
- 2015-07-10 — 0.7 km
- 2014-08-14 — PRIOR AVIATION SERVICE INC — 0.0 km
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.