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Manchester Airport safety profile

35 recorded occurrences at or near Manchester Airport (1984–2026): 1 at the airport, 34 nearby; 1 fatal, 55 fatalities.

By year

  • 20261 (0 fatal)
  • 20251 (0 fatal)
  • 20232 (0 fatal)
  • 20222 (0 fatal)
  • 20211 (0 fatal)
  • 20191 (0 fatal)
  • 20172 (0 fatal)
  • 20163 (0 fatal)
  • 20111 (0 fatal)
  • 20092 (0 fatal)
  • 20083 (0 fatal)
  • 20071 (0 fatal)
  • 20052 (0 fatal)
  • 19992 (0 fatal)
  • 19983 (0 fatal)
  • 19952 (0 fatal)
  • 19941 (0 fatal)
  • 19932 (0 fatal)
  • 19881 (0 fatal)
  • 19851 (1 fatal)
  • 19841 (0 fatal)

By flight phase

  • Other / unknown33
  • Cruise1
  • Takeoff1

Notable investigated occurrences

Runways

  • 05R/23L: 10,007 ft, CON, lighted
  • 05L/23R: 10,000 ft, ASP, lighted

Weather patterns

  • Fog: 44.394 days/year
  • Thunderstorms: 8.599 days/year
  • Snow: 14.398 days/year
  • Crosswind >15kt: 0.559% 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.