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Philadelphia International Airport: Runway Incursions

258 reported incursions · 3 serious (Category A/B) · Philadelphia, PA

By year

  • 20265
  • 20255
  • 20245
  • 20239
  • 20222
  • 20219
  • 20206
  • 201911
  • 201817
  • 201725
  • 201618
  • 20158
  • 201411
  • 20135
  • 201213
  • 201111
  • 201012
  • 20099
  • 200814
  • 200710
  • 20066
  • 200512
  • 200412
  • 200315
  • 20028

By severity category

  • Category C — ample margin to avoid a collision128
  • Category D — no immediate safety consequence103
  • Other / pre-2008 classifications24
  • Category B — significant separation loss2
  • Category A — serious, collision narrowly avoided1

By type

  • Air traffic control104
  • Pilot deviation100
  • Vehicle or pedestrian50
  • Other / unknown4

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

  • 2014-03-25 · Philadelphia International Airport · C550 · RWY 8 · Category B

    AIRPORT VEHICLE WAS CONDUCTING AN AIRFIELD INSPECTION ON RUNWAY 8. LOCAL CONTROL CLEARED C550 FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 8 WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS OPPOSITE DIRECTION ON THE RUNWAY BETWEEN TAXIWAY ALPHA AND TAXIWAY ALPHA 2. IT IS ESTIMATED THE VEHICLE WAS LESS THAN 2,500 FEET FROM THE C550 WHEN TAKEOFF-ROLL BEGAN. CLOSEST PROXIMITY IS ESTIMATED TO LESS THAN 50 FEET.

  • 2004-11-30 · Philadelphia International Airport · MU2 / MD80 · RWY 35 · Category A

    GROUND CONTROL (GC) APPROVED A TUG TOWING A MD-80 TO CROSS RUNWAY 35 VIA TAXIWAY D-4 TO TAXIWAY E-4 WITHOUT COORDINATING WITH LOCAL CONTROL (LC). LC CLEARED A MITSUBISHI MU2 FOR TAKE-OFF RUNWAY 35 ABEAM TAXIWAY KILO, INTERSECTION DEPARTURE. THE MU2 PILOT OBSERVED THE TUG PULL ONTO RUNWAY 35 WHILE ON DEPARTURE ROLL. THE MU2 PILOT VEERED LEFT, ABORTING TAKEOFF TO AVOID HITTING THE TUG BUT CLIPPED HIS RIGHT WING TIP ON THE TUG AND ENDED UP OFF THE RUNWAY. THE MU2 PILOT ADVISED TOWER THEY IMPACTED THE TUG. THIS COLLISION RESULTED IN DAMAGE BUT NO INJURIES. KILO IS 1,950 FEET FROM TAXIWAY E-4. AMASS ALARMED WHEN THE MU2 WAS 100 FEET FROM TAXIWAY E-4.

  • 2003-05-02 · Philadelphia International Airport · DH8B / A319 · RWY 35 & 27R · Category B

See also: Philadelphia 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.