Seattle–Tacoma International Airport safety profile
27 recorded occurrences at or near Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (1980–2025): 9 at the airport, 18 nearby; 0 fatal, 0 fatalities.
What happens most
Runway incursions
The FAA Runway Safety database records 213 runway incursions at this airport. Full runway incursion history.
Notable investigated occurrences
- 2024-09-21 — Galvin Flying — 0.2 km
- 2017-07-31 — 0.2 km
- 2016-10-26 — DELTA AIR LINES INC — 0.3 km
- 2016-06-02 — 0.2 km
- 2015-12-19 — ALASKA AIRLINES INC — 1.8 km
- 2014-08-16 — Robert William Lisowski — 0.2 km
- 2012-05-22 — KING BROADCASTING CO — 0.2 km
- 2011-12-01 — HILLSBORO AVIATION INC — 0.2 km
- 2011-08-13 — SACCIO AVIATION LLC — 0.2 km
- 2011-03-11 — AMERIFLIGHT INC — 0.2 km
- 2010-06-14 — Kenneth D. Horwitz — 0.2 km
- 2010-04-09 — Grumman American Avn. Corp. G-1159, CLAY LACY AVIATION — 0.2 km
Runways
- 16L/34R: 11,901 ft, PEM, lighted
- 16C/34C: 9,426 ft, PEM, lighted
- 16R/34L: 8,500 ft, PEM, lighted
Weather patterns
- Fog: 37.295 days/year
- Thunderstorms: 4.799 days/year
- Snow: 12.398 days/year
- Crosswind >15kt: 0.15% 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.