St. Louis Lambert International Airport safety profile
25 recorded occurrences at or near St. Louis Lambert International Airport (1984–2023): 8 at the airport, 17 nearby; 1 fatal, 1 fatalities.
What happens most
Runway incursions
The FAA Runway Safety database records 154 runway incursions at this airport, including 2 serious (Category A/B) events. Full runway incursion history.
Notable investigated occurrences
- 2021-12-02 — St Louis County Police Department — 0.0 km
- 2021-06-24 — 1.5 km
- 2019-07-21 — Cape Air — 0.0 km
- 2019-05-23 — D H Helicopter Inc — 0.0 km
- 2017-12-18 — Embraer ERJ700, SKYWEST AIRLINES INC — 0.8 km
- 2016-02-24 — Embraer EMB-145, United Express — 0.0 km
- 2015-02-24 — 3131 Democrat Rd — 0.0 km
- 2013-12-23 — SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO — 0.0 km
- 2009-12-11 — BUTLER AVIATION INC — 0.0 km
- 2008-10-06 — 6180 LLC — 0.0 km
- 2008-09-19 — 0.0 km
- 2008-08-20 — DIFFERENTIAL LEASING LLC — 0.0 km
Runways
- 12R/30L: 11,020 ft, CON, lighted
- 12L/30R: 9,013 ft, CON, lighted
- 11/29: 9,000 ft, CON, lighted
- 06/24: 7,603 ft, CON, lighted
Weather patterns
- Fog: 23.997 days/year
- Thunderstorms: 54.093 days/year
- Snow: 30.996 days/year
- Crosswind >15kt: 0.11% of observations
- Crosswind >25kt: 0.001% 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.