Dallas Fort Worth International Airport safety profile
33 recorded occurrences at or near Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (1985–2025): 1 at the airport, 32 nearby; 1 fatal, 14 fatalities.
What happens most
Runway incursions
The FAA Runway Safety database records 329 runway incursions at this airport, including 2 serious (Category A/B) events. Full runway incursion history.
Notable investigated occurrences
- 2017-03-10 — American Airlines — 0.0 km
- 2012-01-22 — Longhorn Helicopters Inc — 4.6 km
Runways
- 18L/36R: 13,401 ft, CON, lighted
- 17C/35C: 13,400 ft, CON, lighted
- 17R/35L: 13,400 ft, CON, lighted
- 18R/36L: 13,400 ft, CON, lighted
- 13R/31L: 9,300 ft, CON, lighted
- 13L/31R: 9,000 ft, CON, lighted
- 17L/35R: 8,500 ft, CON, lighted
Weather patterns
- Fog: 27.296 days/year
- Thunderstorms: 59.292 days/year
- Snow: 4.699 days/year
- Crosswind >15kt: 0.081% of observations
- Crosswind >25kt: 0.002% 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.