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Santa Barbara Municipal Airport: Runway Incursions

124 reported incursions · 3 serious (Category A/B) · Santa Barbara, CA

By year

  • 20264
  • 20255
  • 20249
  • 20238
  • 20224
  • 20218
  • 20204
  • 20197
  • 20184
  • 20173
  • 20164
  • 20151
  • 20145
  • 20131
  • 20125
  • 20114
  • 20103
  • 20094
  • 20085
  • 20072
  • 20063
  • 20053
  • 20047
  • 20037
  • 200214

By severity category

  • Category D — no immediate safety consequence58
  • Category C — ample margin to avoid a collision33
  • Other / pre-2008 classifications30
  • Category B — significant separation loss2
  • Category A — serious, collision narrowly avoided1

By type

  • Pilot deviation79
  • Vehicle or pedestrian24
  • Air traffic control20
  • Other / unknown1

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

  • 2023-01-09 · Santa Barbara Municipal Airport · B737 · SBA RWY 07 · Category B

    LC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND VEHICLE. LC INSTRUCTED VEHICLE TO ENTER RUNWAY 7 AT TAXIWAY C FOR A RUNWAY INSPECTION. LC CLEARED AIRCRAFT 1/B737 TO LAND ON RUNWAY 7 ON A 7-MILE FINAL. LC SENT AIRCRAFT 1 AROUND ON APPROXIMATELY A .4 MILE FINAL. AIRCRAFT 1 WENT AROUND AND OVERFLEW VEHICLE BY APPROXIMATELY 100-200 FEET.

  • 2019-03-17 · Santa Barbara Municipal Airport · SR22 / PC12 · 15R · Category A

    RI - OI - CONFLICT / OVERFLIGHT -AIRCRAFT 2/PC12 WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 25 WHILE ON MID-FIELD DOWNWIND. AIRCRAFT 1/SR22 CALLED LOCAL CONTROL (LC) ON A 2 MILE BASE FOR RUNWAY 15R (INTERSECTING RUNWAY) . LC CLEARED AIRCRAFT 1 TO LAND ON RUNWAY 15R, TRAFFIC OPPOSITE BASE, FOR THE PARALLEL RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT 3 BE23 WAS ON LEFT BASE FOR RUNWAY 15L. AIRCRAFT 1 REPLIED LOOKING FOR TRAFFIC, CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 15R. THE LC THEN GAVE PARALLEL TRAFFIC TO AIRCRAFT 3; AIRCRAFT 3 RESPONDED THAT THEY WERE LOOKING. AIRCRAFT 2 WAS NOW ESTABLISHED ON SHORT FINAL AND DROPPED OFF RADAR COVERAGE DUE TO ALTITUDE. LAST RADAR RETURN FOR AIRCRAFT 2 WAS .10SM FROM RUNWAY 25 AT 200FT AND 90KTS. AT WHICH TIME AIRCRAFT 1 WAS .15SM FROM RUNWAY 15R 200FT AND 85KTS. AIRCRAFT 3 ALSO APPEARED TO BE .15SM FROM RUNWAY 15L, 200FT AND 85KTS.THE LC THEN INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 3 TO GO-AROUND. GOOD READ BACK FROM AIRCRAFT 3. LC THEN USED THE WRONG CALL SIGN WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SEND AIRCRAFT 1 AROUND. AIRCRAFT 1 THEN ASKED IF THAT WAS FOR THEM; LC RESPONDED 'AFFIRMATIVE, GO AROUND'. AIRCRAFT 1/SR22 RESPONDED GOING AROUND. AIRCRAFT 1 REPORTEDLY OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 2 BY APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 30 FEET AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 15R AND RUNWAY 25. CONFLICT DETERMINED.

  • 2002-01-05 · Santa Barbara Municipal Airport · C172 / SF34 · RWY 15L & 25 · Category B

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.