Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport safety profile
96 recorded occurrences at or near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (1984–2026): 44 at the airport, 52 nearby; 5 fatal, 6 fatalities.
What happens most
Runway incursions
The FAA Runway Safety database records 193 runway incursions at this airport, including 4 serious (Category A/B) events. Full runway incursion history.
Notable investigated occurrences
- 2018-08-20 — Acroduster II (2 fatalities) — 0.6 km
- 2010-09-27 — Beechcraft F33A, John C Gomes III Trustee (1 fatalities) — 0.6 km
- 2010-08-04 — James R Freeman III (1 fatalities) — 0.6 km
- 2010-01-28 — Transpac Aviation Academy (1 fatalities) — 0.6 km
- 2009-10-09 — Cruz SE5A Replica, Gary H. Steinke (1 fatalities) — 0.6 km
- 2026-04-12 — 0.6 km
- 2026-03-04 — Dickert Investment Holding LLC — 0.6 km
- 2025-12-14 — 0.6 km
- 2025-06-06 — 0.6 km
- 2025-04-19 — D'Apuzzo Senior Aero Sport, N321 WHISKEY CHARLIE LLC — 0.6 km
- 2022-02-20 — 0.6 km
- 2021-12-20 — RAINBOW RYDERS INC — 0.6 km
Runways
- 08/26: 11,489 ft, CON, lighted
- 07L/25R: 10,300 ft, ASP, lighted
- 07R/25L: 7,800 ft, CON, lighted
Weather patterns
- Fog: 2.7 days/year
- Thunderstorms: 25.696 days/year
- Snow: 0.1 days/year
- Crosswind >15kt: 0.218% of observations
- Crosswind >25kt: 0.008% 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.