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Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport: Runway Incursions

248 reported incursions · 4 serious (Category A/B) · Detroit, MI

By year

  • 20261
  • 20256
  • 202411
  • 20234
  • 202213
  • 20214
  • 20203
  • 20198
  • 201812
  • 201739
  • 201628
  • 201518
  • 20149
  • 201316
  • 20129
  • 20114
  • 20105
  • 200911
  • 20088
  • 20079
  • 20067
  • 20051
  • 20048
  • 20033
  • 20025
  • 20016

By severity category

  • Category D — no immediate safety consequence89
  • Other / pre-2008 classifications86
  • Category C — ample margin to avoid a collision69
  • Category B — significant separation loss4

By type

  • Pilot deviation116
  • Vehicle or pedestrian68
  • Air traffic control61
  • Other / unknown3

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

  • 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.

  • 2016-01-27 · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · CRJ9 · RWY 22L · Category B

    AN AIRPORT VEHICLE WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON RUNWAY 22L CONDUCTING AN INSPECTION. THE WEST SIDE LOCAL CONTROLLER CLEARED THE VEHICLE TO CONDUCT THE INSPECTION SHORTLY BEFORE THE POSITION WAS COMBINED TO THE EAST SIDE. ALTHOUGH THE RUNWAY INSPECTION WAS COVERED DURING THE RELIEF BRIEFING, THE EAST SIDE LOCAL CONTROLLER (LNE) IMMEDIATELY INSTRUCTED A/C 1/CRJ9 TO LINE UP AND WAIT. LNE CLEARED CRJ9 FOR TAKEOFF AS THE VEHICLE WAS MIDWAY BETWEEN TAXIWAYS ROMEO AND YANKEE 3. THE AIRCRAFT AND VEHICLE CONVERGED AND THE ASDE ALERTED WHEN THEY WERE 4237 FEET APART. SIX SECONDS LATER THE CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED CRJ9 TO ABORT AND INSTRUCTED THE VEHICLE TO EXIT THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE DRIVER REPORTED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY AT TAXIWAY YANKEE 5. CLOSEST PROXIMITY WAS APPROXIMATELY 180 FEET.

  • 2014-05-23 · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · CRJ7 / B737 · RWY 4R · Category B

    GROUND CONTROL (GC) ISSUED CRJ7 TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO RUNWAY 4R VIA TAXIWAYS KILO 12, YANKEE, CROSS RUNWAY 9L. READ BACK OMITTED TAXIWAY YANKEE AND GC DID NOT CORRECT THE READ BACK. CRJ7 PROCEEDED STRAIGHT AHEAD ON TAXIWAY KILO 12 AND ENTERED RUNWAY 4R WHILE B737 WAS DEPARTING. GC INSTRUCTED THE CRJ7 TO HURRY ACROSS THE RUNWAY FOR DEPARTING TRAFFIC. B737 WAS UNABLE TO ABORT TAKEOFF AND PASSED THROUGH THE EAST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION AIRBORNE. CLOSEST PROXIMITY WAS 940 FEET LATERAL AND ABOUT 135 VERTICAL WHEN THE CRJ CLEARED THE RUNWAY EDGE AND THE B737 WAS HALFWAY BETWEEN TAXIWAYS VICTOR AND KILO 12.

  • 2001-10-12 · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · SF34 / SW3 · RWY 21R · Category B

See also: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County 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.