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Grand Forks International Airport: Runway Incursions

123 reported incursions · 4 serious (Category A/B) · Grand Forks, ND

By year

  • 20253
  • 20246
  • 20239
  • 20224
  • 20218
  • 20205
  • 20194
  • 201810
  • 201710
  • 20167
  • 20157
  • 20143
  • 20134
  • 20123
  • 20111
  • 20106
  • 20097
  • 20088
  • 20073
  • 20064
  • 20053
  • 20043
  • 20033
  • 20021
  • 20011

By severity category

  • Category D — no immediate safety consequence46
  • Category C — ample margin to avoid a collision43
  • Other / pre-2008 classifications30
  • Category B — significant separation loss2
  • Category A — serious, collision narrowly avoided2

By type

  • Pilot deviation74
  • Air traffic control26
  • Vehicle or pedestrian18
  • Other / unknown5

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

  • 2012-06-04 · Grand Forks International Airport · C210 / C172 · RWY 35L · Category B

    C210 LANDED RUNWAY 35L AFTER BEING TOLD TO GO AROUND (TWICE) BY THE TOWER DUE INSUFFICIENT SEPARATION FROM PRECEDING AIRCRAFT, C172, EXECUTING A STOP AND GO MANEUVER . BOTH GO AROUND INSTRUCTIONS WERE ISSUED PRIOR TO THE C210 CROSSING RUNWAY 35L THRESHOLD. C210 LANDED ON RUNWAY 35L AFTER ANNOUNCING BINGO FUEL. TOWER TOLD THE C172 TO START AN IMMEDIATE TAKE-OFF ROLL PRIOR TO THE C210 LANDING. THE AGGRESSIVE BRAKING BY THE C210 PILOT LEAD TO THE AIRCRAFT MAKING A 180 DEGREE TURN ON THE RUNWAY PAST TAXIWAY ALF 3 RESULTING IN A BLOWN RIGHT MAIN GEAR TIRE. CLOSEST PROXIMITY REPORTED BY THE TOWER WAS 300 FEET HORIZONTAL AND ZERO FEET VERTICAL.

  • 2005-05-02 · Grand Forks International Airport · PA44 / BL8 · RWY 26/35L · Category A

    A PIPER PA44 WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI INTO POSITION AND HOLD (TIPH) RUNWAY 26. LOCAL CONTROL (LC) THEN CLEARED A AMERICAN CHAMPION BL8 FOR A STOP AND GO INTERSECTING RUNWAY 35L AND SUBSEQUENTLY CLEARED THE PA44 FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 26. AS THE PA44 PASSED THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 35L/26 THE PILOT NOTICED THE BL8 BELOW THEM. THE BL8 AND PA44 INTERCEPTED FLIGHT PATHS AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 35L AND 26. CLOSEST VERTICAL SEPARATION REPORTED BETWEEN 100 AND 200 FEET. THE PA44 PILOT STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE DECATHLON (BL8) UNTIL THEY HAD PASSED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. MY STUDENT STATED SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF "WHATS THAT DECATHLON DOING?" A FEW SECONDS LATER IS WHEN I FINALLY SAW THE DECATHLON. BY THAT TIME, THEY HAD ALREADY TAKEN ACTION BY DIVING DOWN AND TO THE LEFT.

  • 2004-03-21 · Grand Forks International Airport · P28A / P28A · RWY 26/35L · Category A

    N268ND, PIPER PA28, WAS INSTRUCTED TO TIPH RUNWAY 26. N268ND ACKNOWLEDGED INSTRUCTIONS AND TOWER OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT HOLDING IN POSITION. N255ND, PIPER PA28, WAS CLEARED FOR A STOP AND GO INTERSECTING RUNWAY 35L. AS A POSITION RELIEF WAS TAKING PLACE N268ND DEPARTED WITHOUT CLEARANCE CONFLICTING AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 26 AND 35L. TOWER OBSERVED N255ND DIVE TO AVOID N268ND. N268ND PASSED N255ND APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE N255ND WHO WAS 10 FEET ABOVE RUNWAY 35L AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 26 AND 35L.

  • 2003-10-16 · Grand Forks International Airport · P28A / P28A · RWY 26 & 35L · Category B

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.