Joint Base Andrews: Runway Incursions

47 reported incursions · 1 serious (Category A/B) · Camp Springs, MD

By year

  • 20253
  • 20241
  • 20237
  • 20222
  • 20211
  • 20201
  • 20192
  • 20182
  • 20163
  • 20152
  • 20143
  • 20122
  • 20101
  • 20093
  • 20081
  • 20061
  • 20052
  • 20044
  • 20034
  • 20022

By severity category

  • Category D — no immediate safety consequence20
  • Category C — ample margin to avoid a collision13
  • Other / pre-2008 classifications13
  • Category A — serious, collision narrowly avoided1

By type

  • Vehicle or pedestrian22
  • Air traffic control14
  • Pilot deviation11

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

  • 2006-10-19 · Joint Base Andrews · LJ35 · RWY 19L · Category A

    LOCAL CONTROL (LC) AUTHORIZED GROUND CONTROL (GC) TO PROCEED ONTO RUNWAY 19L WITH AIRPORT VEHICLES. LC DID NOT PLACE "RUNWAY CLOSED" MEMORY JOGGER STRIPS IN APPROPRIATE BAYS. A LEARJET LJ35 WAS CLEARED FOR THE OPTION ON RUNWAY 19L. THE LJ35 COMPLETED A TOUCH AND GO WHILE AIRPORT VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON RUNWAY 19L AND 1,500 FEET FROM DEPARTURE END. IN ADDITION, A BARRIER MAINTENANCE VEHICLE WAS CLEARING THE RUNWAY EASTBOUND AT THE BAK-12 CABLE, 1,500 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END. THE LJ35 TOUCHED DOWN BY E3, ROTATING PRIOR TO E4, AND FLEW OVER AIRPORT VEHICLE NEARING BAK-12 WITH CLOSEST PROXIMITY REPORTED AS 100 FEET VERTICAL. DISTANCE FROM E4 TO BAK-12 IS APPROXIMATELY 1,200 FEET.

Counts are reported events, not a danger ranking. Before FY2008 the FAA used a narrower definition, so earlier years are not directly comparable.

Source: FAA Runway Safety (RWS) database, via ASIAS · United States Government public domain.