Runway Incursions at US Airports

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2026-05-08 · Denver International Airport · A21N · RWY 17L · Category A

  A PEDESTRIAN ENTERED RWY 17L WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. A PEDESTRIAN BREACHED THE PERIMETER FENCE AND ENTERED RWY 17L FROM THE EAST SIDE NEAR TWY P7. AIRCRAFT 2/A21N WAS DEPARTURE ROLL RWY 17L AND STRUCK THE PEDESTRIAN APPROXIMATELY 3000 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN A FATALITY. AIRCRAFT 2 EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FIRE AND ABORTED TAKEOFF. EMERGENCY RESPONSE ENSUED AND THE PASSENGERS AND CREW EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY.

• 2026-04-11 · San Francisco International Airport · B772 / B772 · NULL · Category A

  VEHICLE ENTERED THE RWY 28L RSA WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. VEHICLE TOWING A B737, WAS NORTHBOUND ON RWY 1R AND INSTRUCTED TO TURN LEFT ON TWY F, CROSS RWY 1L, CONTINUE ON TWY B, Z, Z2. DRIVER READ BACK, TURN ON TWY F AND THEN TWY B, Z, Z2. VEHICLE MISSED THE TURN ON TWY F AND GC INSTRUCTED THE DRIVER TO STOP. VEHICLE STOPPED LESS THAN 80 FT FROM THE RWY 28L RUNWAY EDGE LINE. AIRCRAFT 2/B772 WAS DEPARTING RWY 28L AND PASSED VEHICLE WITH THE LEFT WINGTIP SLIGHTLY OVER THE RWY 28L RUNWAY EDGE LINE. LESS THAN 80 FT EXISTED BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 2 AND THE FRONT OF THE TUG.

• 2026-03-26 · Henderson Executive Airport · BL8 / DA40 · KHND RWY 17R AND TWY D · Category B

  AIRCRAFT 1 CROSSED RWY 17R WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 1/BL8 LANDED RWY 17L AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO EXIT AT TWY D WITHOUT DELAY AND HOLD SHORT RWY 17R. AIRCRAFT 1 READ BACK "D, CROSS 17R, NO DELAY". LC DID NOT CORRECT THE BAD READ BACK. AIRCRAFT 1 CROSSED RWY 17R AT TWY D. AIRCRAFT 2/DA40 WAS DEPARTING RWY 17R AND OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 1 BY AN ESTIMATED 100 FEET.

• 2026-03-22 · LaGuardia Airport · CRJ9 / CRJ9 · RUNWAY 04 AND TAXIWAY D · Category A

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN VEHICLE AND AIRCRAFT 2. VEHICLE REQUESTED TO CROSS RWY 4 AT TWY D EASTBOUND, RESPONDING TO AN ALERT AIRCRAFT. LC INSTRUCTED VEHICLE TO CROSS RWY 4 AT TWY D. AIRCRAFT 2/CRJ9 WAS CLEARED TO LAND RWY 4 AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET FROM THE LANDING THRESHOLD. LC REALIZED THE CONFLICT AND INSTRUCTED VEHICLE TO STOP AS AIRCRAFT 2 WAS ABEAM TWY Y ON LANDING ROLLOUT, BUT NO RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED. LC AGAIN INSTRUCTED VEHICLE TO STOP AS AIRCRAFT 2 WAS NOW ABEAM TWY C, BUT NO RESPONSE RECEIVED. VEHICLE AND AIRCRAFT 2 COLLIDED AT TWY D.

• 2026-02-20 · William P. Hobby Airport · B737 / CRJ9 · RWY 13R · Category B

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN VEHICLE AND AIRCRAFT 2. LC CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2/CRJ9 FOR TAKEOFF RWY 13R. LC THEN INSTRUCTED VEHICLE/MAINTENANCE FLIGHT TO CROSS RWY 13L AND RWY 13R ON TWY K. VEHICLE CROSSED RWY 13L AND ENTERED RWY 13R AT TWY K AS AIRCRAFT 2 WAS PASSING TWY H. THE ASDE ALERTED AND LC INSTRUCTED VEHICLE TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 13R, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALREADY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUNWAY. VEHICLE CLEARED RWY 13R AT TWY K PRIOR TO AIRCRAFT 2 REACHING THE INTERSECTION. AIRCRAFT 2 ADVISED LC THAT THEY WERE REJECTING THEIR TAKEOFF AND EXITING THE RUNWAY AT TWY L. THE CLOSEST PROXIMITY FROM THE ASDE ANALYSIS WAS 176 FEET LATERAL.

• 2025-12-09 · Fort Smith Regional Airport · C182 / LJ40 · RWY 26 · Category A

  AIRCRAFT 1 ENTERED THE RWY 26 RSA WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 1/C182 ADVISED GC READY FOR TAXI AFTER RECEIVING AN IFR CLEARANCE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY WERE AT "CHARLIE SOUTH" WHEN THE CLEARANCE WAS REQUESTED. GC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO TAXI RWY 26 VIA TWY A, CROSS RWY 20. PILOT READBACK WAS CORRECT. AIRCRAFT 1 EXITED THE SOUTH HANGARS, CROSSED THE RWY 26 HOLD LINE AT TWY C BUT STOPPED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY EDGE LINE. AIRCRAFT 2/LJ40 WAS ROLLING OUT ON RWY 26 AND PASSED TWY C WITH AIRCRAFT 1 IN THE RSA. CLOSEST PROXIMITY: 50 FEET HORIZONTAL.

• 2025-11-18 · Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport · BE58 / C182 · RWY12L · Category B

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND AIRCRAFT 2. LC1 CLEARED AIRCRAFT 1/BE58 TO LAND RWY 12L ONE MILE NORTH OF MARSHALL LAKE. AIRCRAFT 1 WAS ON A 1 MILE FINAL AND LC1 CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2/C182 FOR TAKEOFF RWY 12L AT TWY A7. AIRCRAFT 1 REPORTED GOING AROUND RWY 12L ON A 1/4-MILE FINAL DUE TO TRAFFIC ON THE RUNWAY. TRACK DATA INDICATES AN OVERFLIGHT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. ADS-B ALTITUDE DATA INDICATES VERTICAL SPACING ESTIMATED AT 114 FEET.

• 2025-10-09 · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · E170 / E170 · RWY 21L · Category B

  (EVENT 2 OF 3): A VEHICLE CROSSED RWY 21L WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. AFTER AN UNAUTHORIZED CROSSING OF RWY 27R, THE VEHICLE/POV CONTINUED WEST ON TWY V AND CROSSED RWY 21L. LC ISSUED RWY 21L GO-AROUND TO AIRCRAFT 2/E170 AS THE PILOT CROSSED THE THRESHOLD WITH THE VEHICLE ON RWY 21L- DIRECT OVERFLIGHT. CLOSEST PROXIMITY: 98FT HORIZONTAL AND 52FT VERTICAL.

• 2025-09-19 · Midland International Air and Space Port · C120 / BE30 · RWY 28 · Category B

  ATC DID NOT COORDINATE THE USE OF RWY 28. RWY 28 WAS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF LC. GC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1/C120, RWY 16R TAXI VIA TWY P CROSS RWY 10/28. AIRCRAFT 1 TAXIED AS INSTRUCTED AND CROSSED RWY 28 AT TWY P. AIRCRAFT 2/BE30 WAS DEPARTING RWY 28 AND OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 1 WITH AN ESTIMATED CLOSEST PROXIMITY OF 100 FEET VERTICAL.

• 2025-08-09 · Daniel K. Inouye International Airport · B777 / B777 · RUNWAY 8L · Category B

  VEHICLE CROSSED RWY 8L WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 2 WAS ON LANDING ROLL RWY 8L AND ASKED LC IF THEY "SAW THE TRUCK CROSS UNDERNEATH THEM". LC CALLED VEHICLE AND VEHICLE STATED THAT THEY CROSSED RWY 8L AT TWY A SOUTHBOUND AS AIRCRAFT 2 WAS LANDING. AIRCRAFT 2 ALTITUDE WAS LESS THAN 100FT WHEN THEY OVERFLEW VEHICLE. FACILITY REPORTED ASDE ALERTED AS AIRCRAFT 2 WAS JUST SHORT OF THE THRESHOLD.