President Donald J. Trump International Airport: Runway Incursions

191 reported incursions · 2 serious (Category A/B) · West Palm Beach, FL

By year

  • 20257
  • 20243
  • 20239
  • 202211
  • 20219
  • 20207
  • 20197
  • 20184
  • 20173
  • 20167
  • 20157
  • 20147
  • 201312
  • 20128
  • 20111
  • 20106
  • 20099
  • 20089
  • 200718
  • 200620
  • 200510
  • 200410
  • 20033
  • 20024

By severity category

  • Category D — no immediate safety consequence70
  • Other / pre-2008 classifications66
  • Category C — ample margin to avoid a collision53
  • Category B — significant separation loss2

By type

  • Pilot deviation161
  • Air traffic control17
  • Vehicle or pedestrian11
  • Other / unknown2

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

  • 2008-01-12 · President Donald J. Trump International Airport · C750 / C172 · RWY 13/9L · Category B

    A CESSNA C750 WAS ISSUED TAXI INTO POSITION AND HOLD (TIPH) INSTRUCTIONS FOR RUNWAY 9L AND ADVISED OF A CESSNA C172 MAKING A TOUCH AND GO ON INTERSECTION RUNWAY 13. THE C750 PILOT READ BACK THE TIPH INSTRUCTIONS THEN DEPARTED RUNWAY 9L WITHOUT CLEARANCE AND CONFLICTED WITH A C172 DEPARTING FROM TOUCH AND GO ON INTERSECTING RUNWAY 13. THE C172 WAS SOUTH OF RUNWAY 9L AT 500 FEET WHEN THE C750 ROTATED BETWEEN L1 AND F. ATCT GAVE TURN INSTRUCTIONS TO THE C750 AND THE PILOT OBSERVED THE C172 AND PASSED BEHIND AND BELOW AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET. CLOSEST PROXIMITIES ARE ESTIMATED AS 200 FEET LATERAL AND 300 FEET VERTICAL.
  • 2004-04-04 · President Donald J. Trump International Airport · AC11 / C525 · RWY 27R/L · Category B

    N4LY, AC11, WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 27R. SHORTLY AFTER N4LY WAS INSTRUCTED TO CHANGE LANDING RUNWAY TO RUNWAY 27L FOR DEPARTING TRAFFIC ON RUNWAY 27R. N4LY ACKNOWLEDGED LANDING CLEARANCE FOR RUNWAY 27L. LOCAL CONTROL INSTRUCTED OPT 226, CESSNA C525, TO TIPH RUNWAY 27R VIA TAXIWAY E. AS OPT 226 IS TAXING INTO POSITION, THE PILOT OBSERVES N4LY OVER FLY HIM. N4LY OVER FLEW OPT 226 AND LANDED RUNWAY 27R WITHOUT CLEARANCE. VERTICAL SEPARATION WAS REPORTED AS 100 FEET.

See also: President Donald J. Trump International 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.