Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Runway Incursions

87 reported incursions · 1 serious (Category A/B) · Oakland, CA

By year

  • 20261
  • 20253
  • 20245
  • 20237
  • 20222
  • 20216
  • 20205
  • 20198
  • 20186
  • 20177
  • 20166
  • 20151
  • 20144
  • 20133
  • 20112
  • 20101
  • 20092
  • 20081
  • 20072
  • 20065
  • 20055
  • 20042
  • 20031
  • 20022

By severity category

  • Category D — no immediate safety consequence40
  • Category C — ample margin to avoid a collision24
  • Other / pre-2008 classifications22
  • Category B — significant separation loss1

By type

  • Pilot deviation38
  • Air traffic control25
  • Vehicle or pedestrian23
  • Other / unknown1

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

  • 2020-10-21 · Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport · C172 / C172 · RWY 28R AT TWY J · Category B

    AIRCRAFT 1 CROSSED RUNWAY 28R WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 1 LANDED RWY 28R AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI VIA RIGHT TURN AT G, TAXI VIA C, HOLD SHORT OF THE RWY 33 APPROACH. AIRCRAFT 1 READ BACK INSTRUCTIONS CORRECTLY. AIRCRAFT 1 MISSED THE TURN ON TXY C AND CONTINUED ONTO TXY D. LC ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS FOR AIRCRAFT 1 TO TURN LEFT AT TXY J AND HOLD SORT OF RWY 33 APPROACH, WHICH WAS READ BACK CORRECTLY. LC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 AT TAXIWAY C, CROSS RUNWAY 33 AND TAXI TO PARKING VIA F. AIRCRAFT 1 CONTINUED STRAIGHT AHEAD ON TAXIWAY J AND PROCEEDED ONTO RUNWAY 28R. AIRCRAFT 2/C172 WAS DOING A TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 28R. LC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO STOP WHEN AIRCRAFT 2 WAS IN BETWEEN TXY H AND TXY J CLIMBING OUT OF 100FT. AN OVERFLIGHT DID OCCUR.

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.