Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport safety profile
5 recorded occurrences at or near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (2005–2024): 1 at the airport, 4 nearby; 0 fatal, 0 fatalities.
What happens most
Runway incursions
The FAA Runway Safety database records 88 runway incursions at this airport, including 1 serious (Category A/B) events. Full runway incursion history.
Notable investigated occurrences
- 2010-04-07 — Allen Friedlander — 2.4 km
- 2009-04-26 — 3.1 km
Runways
- 17R/35L: 11,887 ft, CON, lighted
- 17L/35R: 8,578 ft, CON, lighted
- 11/29: 7,251 ft, CON, lighted
Weather patterns
- Fog: 24.597 days/year
- Thunderstorms: 54.892 days/year
- Snow: 28.296 days/year
- Crosswind >15kt: 0.118% 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.