Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 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.

• 2021-03-26 · Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport · C182 / PA28 · 12L · Category B

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDED INTERSECTING RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 2 AND AIRCRAFT 1. AIRCRAFT 2/P28A WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 12L BY LOCAL CONTROL 1. FORTY-FIVE SECONDS LATER LOCAL CONTROL 2 CLEARED AIRCRAFT 1/C182 FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 3. 20 SECONDS LATER, LC1 RECOGNIZED THE ERROR AND BOTH TAKEOFF CLEARANCES WERE CANCELLED. AIRCRAFT 2 SLOWED TO TAXI SPEED BY TAXIWAY A5. AIRCRAFT 1 STOPPED JUST SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY 12L HOLD POSITION MARKINGS ON RUNWAY 3. THE CLOSEST PROXIMITY IS ESTIMATED AT 1,200 FEET, WHERE AIRCRAFT 2 ACHIEVED TAXI SPEED.

• 2017-11-03 · Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport · C172 / C172 · NA · Category A

  A/C 1/C172 DEPARTED RUNWAY 30R FOR PATTERN WORK. A/C 1/C172 EXTENDED THE CROSSWIND AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO A 180 BACK TO THE DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 30L. READ BACK WAS CORRECT. A/C 1/C172 WAS CLEARED FOR TOUCH AND GO RUNWAY 30L, NUMBER TWO. READ BACK WAS CORRECT. A/C 1/C172 PROCEEDED INBOUND FOR RUNWAY 12R. A/C 2/C172 LANDED RUNWAY 30L AND OBSERVED A/C 1 ON FINAL OPPOSITE DIRECTION. A/C 2 PULLED OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. A/C 1 INITIATED A GO-AROUND AND APPEARED TO OVERFLY A/C 2. LOSS OF SEPARATION, CLOSEST PROXIMITY WAS 100 FEET VERTICAL.

• 2004-03-21 · Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport · C172 / BE55 · RWY 29L · Category B

  LOCAL CONTROL (LC) TAXIED N725ZN, CESSNA C172, INTO POSITION TO HOLD (TIPH) RUNWAY 29L. LC CLEARED N315BP, BEECH BE55, TO LAND RUNWAY 29L AND TOLD THE PILOT THERE WERE TWO DEPARTURES AHEAD OF THEIR ARRIVAL. LC ALSO WAS ADVISING A/C TO LAND LONG AND TAXI TO END OF RUNWAY AFTER LANDING DUE TO DISABLED A/C ON TAXIWAY. LC CLEARED THE FIRST DEPARTURE FOR TAKE-OFF, BUT THEN WAS DISTRACTED BY A HELICOPTER MAKING APPROACHES AT TAXIWAY D. LC FORGOT N725ZN WAS STILL TIPH RUNWAY 29L. N315BP LANDED LONG OVER TOP N725ZN, PASSING LANDING THRESHOLD BY AT LEAST 200 FEET VERTICAL. AFTER RECEIVING ADDITONAL INFORMATION THIS INCIDENT HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED FROM AN "A" TO A CATEGORY "B" RISK SEVERITY.

• 2002-11-11 · Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport · C152 / H25A · RWY 11R · Category B