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Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport: Runway Incursions

374 reported incursions · 4 serious (Category A/B) · Atlanta, GA

By year

  • 20263
  • 20258
  • 202414
  • 202315
  • 20229
  • 202124
  • 202012
  • 201917
  • 201822
  • 201716
  • 201618
  • 201527
  • 201419
  • 201311
  • 201225
  • 201118
  • 201017
  • 200914
  • 200818
  • 200723
  • 200613
  • 20055
  • 200412
  • 20037
  • 20026
  • 20011

By severity category

  • Category C — ample margin to avoid a collision200
  • Category D — no immediate safety consequence135
  • Other / pre-2008 classifications35
  • Category B — significant separation loss2
  • Category A — serious, collision narrowly avoided2

By type

  • Pilot deviation166
  • Air traffic control112
  • Vehicle or pedestrian90
  • Other / unknown6

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

  • 2021-03-22 · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · B77W / PC12 · RWY 8L · Category B

    ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION ON RUNWAY 8L BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND AIRCRAFT 2. AIRCRAFT 2/PC12 LANDED ON RWY 8L. THE LOCAL CONTROLLER ASKED, "AIRCRAFT 2, IF YOU CAN GET CHARLIE, I'D APPRECIATE THE QUICK EXIT. TRAFFIC CLOSE IN BEHIND YOU THERE." AIRCRAFT 2 RESPONDED WITH, "OK, WE'LL GET CHARLIE, AIRCRAFT 2." AS AIRCRAFT 2 WAS APPROACHING TAXIWAY C, AIRCRAFT 1/B77W TOUCHED DOWN AT THE APPROACH END OF RWY 8L. AIRCRAFT 1 PERFORMED A PILOT-INITIATED GO-AROUND AND BECAME AIRBORNE MIDWAY BETWEEN TWY B1 AND B3, APPROXIMATELY 3,300 FEET FROM TAXIWAY C, AS AIRCRAFT 2 WAS TURNING OFF OF RWY 8L AT TWY C. CLOSEST PROXIMITY IS ESTIMATED AT 2,857 FEET WHICH IS THE POINT WHERE AIRCRAFT 2 WAS CLEAR OF RWY 8L.

  • 2004-08-13 · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · BE58 / B763 · RWY 26R/L · Category A

    N930BD, BEECH BE58, WAS INSTRUCTED TO PROCEED STRAIGHT IN FOR RUNWAY 26R AND TO CONTACT TOWER. AFTER CHANGING FREQUENCIES N30BD WAS ADVISED BY ATCT HE WAS ALIGNED WITH 27R, THE WRONG RUNWAY. N30BD TURNED FOR RUNWAY 26R AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND 26R BUT LANDED ON RUNWAY 26L AFTER FLYING OVER DELTA (DAL) 1273, B763, HOLDING IN POSITION ON 26L AT APPROACH END. N30BD LANDED APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AFTER FLYING OVER THE B763 BY AN ESTIMATED 83 FEET VERTICAL.

  • 2003-07-07 · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · E145 · RWY 26R · Category A

  • 2002-04-19 · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · P28A / B737 · RWY 27R · Category B

See also: Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport safety profile.

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.