Philadelphia International Airport safety profile
26 recorded occurrences at or near Philadelphia International Airport (1982–2023): 5 at the airport, 21 nearby; 1 fatal, 1 fatalities.
What happens most
Runway incursions
The FAA Runway Safety database records 258 runway incursions at this airport, including 3 serious (Category A/B) events. Full runway incursion history.
Notable investigated occurrences
- 2018-04-17 — SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO (1 fatalities) — 0.1 km
- 2023-05-31 — Rockwell International Corporation 695, ALLEN MYLAND INC — 0.1 km
- 2022-01-11 — Eurocopter EC135 P2+, AIR METHODS CORP — 9.9 km
- 2018-08-11 — Pegasus Elite Aviation — 10.5 km
- 2016-05-14 — AMERICAN AIRLINES INC — 0.3 km
- 2014-03-13 — US AIRWAYS INC — 3.1 km
- 2012-04-02 — 0.4 km
Runways
- 09R/27L: 12,000 ft, ASP, lighted
- 09L/27R: 9,500 ft, ASP, lighted
- 17/35: 6,500 ft, ASP, lighted
- 08/26: 5,001 ft, ASP, lighted
Weather patterns
- Fog: 28.096 days/year
- Thunderstorms: 36.195 days/year
- Snow: 18.397 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.