Miami International Airport: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2020-12-09 · Miami International Airport · E75S / B738 · TWY Z AND RWY 26L · Category B

  AIRCRAFT 1 ENTERED THE RUNWAY 26L RSA WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 2/B738 WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RWY 26L. AIRCRAFT 1/E75S LANDED ON RWY 26R AND WAS THEN INSTRUCTED BY LOCAL CONTROL TO TURN LEFT ON TWY Z, HOLD SHORT OF RWY 26L. THE PILOT READ BACK WAS CORRECT. AIRCRAFT 1 CROSSED THE RWY 26L HOLD SHORT LINE AT TWY Z AND STOPPED 72 FEET FROM THE RWY 26L EDGE LINE PRIOR TO AIRCRAFT 2 PASSING TWY Z AT A SPEED OF 170 KNOTS. CLOSEST PROXIMITY BETWEEN AIRCRAFT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 194 FEET LATERAL AND 0 FEET VERTICAL.

• 2018-11-25 · Miami International Airport · B737 / A321 · RWY27L RWY30 · Category B

  OI RI CONFLICT: A/C 1 (B737) WAS CLEARED TO LAND RWY 30. WHEN A/C 1 WAS AT 0.5 MILE FINAL, ATC CLEARED A/C 2 (A321) FOR DEPARTURE ON RWY 27. ASDE REPLAY SHOWS SHOWS THAT A/C 2 STARTED DEPARTURE ROLL AND WAS ACCELERATING AT 30 KNOTS WHEN A/C 1 CROSSED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION OF RWYS 27 AND 30. CLOSEST PROXIMITY BETWEEN THE TWO AIRCRAFT WAS 61FT IN ELEVATION AND 630FT LATERAL.

• 2006-05-25 · Miami International Airport · AT43 / B744 · RWY 8R · Category A

  A TUG OPERATOR WITH BOEING B747 IN TOW WAS INSTRUCTED TO TURN RIGHT ON TAXIWAY ZULU AND HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 8R. TUG OPERATOR READ BACK HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS CORRECTLY EXCEPT FOR STATING “RUNWAY 8”. CONTROLLER DID NOT REQUIRE CORRECT READ BACK. THE TUG WITH B747 IN TOW ENTERED RUNWAY 8R AT ZULU WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION AND CONFLICTED WITH A AEROSPATIALE AT43 LANDING 8R. THE AT43 PILOT SAW THE B747 CROSSING RUNWAY 8R AND INITIATED A GO AROUND AT ONE QUARTER (.25) MILE AND FLEW OVER THE TUG AND AIRCRAFT AS THEY CROSSED THE RUNWAY. OVERFLIGHT ALTITUDE WAS ESTIMATED AS 200 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. AMASS WAS IN LIMITED MODE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN AT THE TIME.

• 2003-09-30 · Miami International Airport · B763 / B737 · RWY 12R · Category B