San Diego International Airport: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2023-08-11 · San Diego International Airport · C56X / B737 · RWY 27 · Category A

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND AIRCRAFT 2. AIRCRAFT 1/C56X WAS ON A 5.2-MILE FINAL AND CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 27. LC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 2/B737 TO LUAW RUNWAY 27. AIRCRAFT 1 WAS ON A .45-MILE FINAL, THE ASDE-X ALERTED, AND LC INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO GO AROUND. AIRCRAFT 1 REPLIED SAY AGAIN, CONTINUING DESCENT THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET. LC ISSUED GO AROUND AGAIN ON A .20-MILE FINAL. AIRCRAFT 1 WENT AROUND AND OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 2 BY LESS THAN 50 FEET.

• 2021-05-13 · San Diego International Airport · A332 / E75L · FINAL RWY 27 · Category B

  ATC CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2 TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27 WHILE AIRCRAFT 1 WAS HOLDING IN POSITION. AIRCRAFT 2/E75L WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27 AND WAS ADVISED THAT TRAFFIC WOULD BE HOLDING IN POSITION, A HEAVY AIRBUS. AIRCRAFT 1/A332 WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO LINE UP AND WAIT RUNWAY 27 AND ISSUED TRAFFIC ON AIRCRAFT 2, WHO WAS ON AN 8.5 MILE FINAL. 3 MINUTES AND 14 SECONDS LATER THE ASDE-X ALERTED. THE LOCAL CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 2 TO GO AROUND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A .4 MILE FINAL. ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AIRCRAFT 2 OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 1 BY LESS THAN 300FT.

• 2021-03-29 · San Diego International Airport · PA32 / B738 · 27 · Category B

  (EVENT 1 OF 2) PEDESTRIAN ENTERED THE RUNWAY 27 RSA WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. GROUND CONTROL WAS ADVISED BY AIRPORT OPS OF A PERSON ON TAXIWAY BRAVO HEADING TOWARDS B6. THE PEDESTRIAN PROCEEDED INTO THE OVAL AREA NORTH OF TAXIWAY BRAVO AND IN-BETWEEN B5 AND B6. THIS PLACED THE PEDESTRIAN IN THE RUNWAY SAFETY AREA BUT NOT ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE. AIRCRAFT 2/B738 WAS ON SHORT FINAL AND LANDED RUNWAY 27. NO ADVISORY OF THE PERSON IN THE RSA AND NO GO-AROUND INSTRUCTIONS WERE ISSUED TO AIRCRAFT 2. CLOSEST PROXIMITY IS ESTIMATED TO BE 50-75FT FROM EDGE OF RUNWAY.

• 2008-01-16 · San Diego International Airport · H25B / B737 · RWY 27 · Category B

  A HAWKER H25B LANDED ON RUNWAY 27 AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO TURN AT TAXIWAY B5. THE H25B PILOT RESPONDED THAT HE WOULD NOT MAKE B5 AND WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO TURN AT B6 WITHOUT DELAY. A BOEING B737 WAS TAXIED INTO POSITION AND HOLD (TIPH) RUNWAY 27 FULL LENGTH. THE B737 WAS THEN CLEARED FOR AN IMMEDIATE TAKE OFF WITH THE H25B STILL ON THE RUNWAY. THE AMASS ALERTED "RUNWAY OCCUPIED". LOCAL CONTROL (LC) TRANSMITTED TO B737 TO ABORT BUT WITHOUT RESPONSE AND THE B737 CONTINUED TAKEOFF. THE H25B PILOT REPORTED HAVING A MECHANICAL PROBLEM AND UNABLE TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY. TRAFFIC ON FINAL WAS INSTRUCTED TO GO-AROUND. CLOSEST HORIZONTAL PROXIMITY REPORTED AS 2,500 FEET, AT THE POINT THE B737 BECAME AIRBORNE (APPROXIMATELY B4) WITH H25B ON RUNWAY BY B6. THE B737 WAS ABOVE 200 FEET VERTICAL PASSING B5, APPROXIMATELY 1,200 FEET FROM B6.