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Essex County Airport: Runway Incursions

59 reported incursions · 1 serious (Category A/B) · Caldwell, NJ

By year

  • 20254
  • 20234
  • 20221
  • 20215
  • 20192
  • 20184
  • 20172
  • 20162
  • 20154
  • 20143
  • 20131
  • 20121
  • 20104
  • 20093
  • 20072
  • 20067
  • 20052
  • 20046
  • 20021
  • 20011

By severity category

  • Category D — no immediate safety consequence29
  • Other / pre-2008 classifications15
  • Category C — ample margin to avoid a collision14
  • Category B — significant separation loss1

By type

  • Pilot deviation33
  • Vehicle or pedestrian18
  • Air traffic control8

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

  • 2005-01-30 · Essex County Airport · P28A / C172 · RWY 4 · Category B

    LOCAL CONTROL (LC) CLEARED A PIPER PA28A TO LAND RUNWAY 4. A CESSNA C172 WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO TAXI INOT POSITION AND HOLD (TIPH) RUNWAY 4 FORGETTING ABOUT THE PA28A ON FINAL. AS THE C172 ENTERED RUNWAY 4, LC NOTICED THE PA28A ON SHORT FINAL AND TRIED TO HAVE THE C172 HOLD SHORT BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALREADY IN POSITION. THE PA28A LANDED OVER THE C172. CLOSEST VERTICAL SEPARATION REPORTED BY THE PILOT OF PA28A WAS BETWEEN 200 AND 250 FEET. PILOT REPORTED HE TOUCHED DOWN ABEAM TAXIWAY DELTA.

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.