Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport safety profile
7 recorded occurrences at or near Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport (2009–2025): 4 at the airport, 3 nearby; 1 fatal, 1 fatalities.
What happens most
Runway incursions
The FAA Runway Safety database records 70 runway incursions at this airport, including 2 serious (Category A/B) events. Full runway incursion history.
Notable investigated occurrences
- 2025-08-01 — Piper J5C (1 fatalities) — 9.3 km
- 2023-02-11 — Gates Learjet Corp 55, 1982-047 LLC — 0.0 km
- 2022-05-14 — Mercy Flight Central — 0.0 km
- 2021-07-19 — Rochester Air Center — 0.0 km
- 2020-02-16 — Rochester Air Center — 0.0 km
- 2014-03-13 — Raytheon Beechjet 400A, Guardian Pharmacy LLC — 0.0 km
- 2009-06-06 — Dehavilland Vampire MK-3, Wings of Flight — 0.0 km
Runways
- 04/22: 8,001 ft, ASP, lighted
- 10/28: 6,402 ft, ASP, lighted
- 07/25: 4,000 ft, ASP, lighted
Weather patterns
- Fog: 49.593 days/year
- Thunderstorms: 26.996 days/year
- Snow: 92.287 days/year
- Crosswind >15kt: 0.092% 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.