Quad City International Airport: Runway Incursions

98 reported incursions · 1 serious (Category A/B) · Moline, IL

By year

  • 20262
  • 20254
  • 20244
  • 20235
  • 20227
  • 20215
  • 20201
  • 20191
  • 20182
  • 20174
  • 201610
  • 20151
  • 20144
  • 201310
  • 20125
  • 20098
  • 20086
  • 20072
  • 20062
  • 20043
  • 20038
  • 20024

By severity category

  • Category D — no immediate safety consequence66
  • Category C — ample margin to avoid a collision16
  • Other / pre-2008 classifications15
  • Category A — serious, collision narrowly avoided1

By type

  • Pilot deviation64
  • Air traffic control16
  • Vehicle or pedestrian16
  • Other / unknown2

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

  • 2007-12-21 · Quad City International Airport · C750 · RWY 9 · Category A

    REPORTED WEATHER WAS ONE QUARTER (.25) SM FOG AND RUNWAY 9 RVR AT 1,600. AIRPORT VEHICLE REQUESTED CLEARANCE ON RUNWAY 9 FOR LIGHT MAINTENANCE. THIS WAS APPROVED AND LOCAL CONTROL (LC) ACTIVATED THE RED RUNWAY OCCUPIED LIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 29 MINUTES LATER, LC ISSUED TAKEOFF CLEARANCE RUNWAY 9 FULL LENGTH TO A CESSNA C750 FORGETTING ABOUT THE VEHICLE. RUNWAY 9 WAS NOT VISIBLE TO THE TOWER DUE TO FOG. PILOT OF C750 REPORTED PASSING A VEHICLE ON THE RUNWAY BY THE EDGE LIGHTS NEAR TAXIWAY H1, ABOUT 1,500 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END. LC CANCELLED THE TAKEOFF CLEARANCE BUT THE C750 WAS ALREADY AIRBORNE. CLOSEST HORIZONTAL PROXIMITY REPORTED WAS 65 FEET ON THE SURFACE OF RUNWAY 9.

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.