San Francisco International Airport: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2026-04-11 · San Francisco International Airport · B772 / B772 · NULL · Category A

  VEHICLE ENTERED THE RWY 28L RSA WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. VEHICLE TOWING A B737, WAS NORTHBOUND ON RWY 1R AND INSTRUCTED TO TURN LEFT ON TWY F, CROSS RWY 1L, CONTINUE ON TWY B, Z, Z2. DRIVER READ BACK, TURN ON TWY F AND THEN TWY B, Z, Z2. VEHICLE MISSED THE TURN ON TWY F AND GC INSTRUCTED THE DRIVER TO STOP. VEHICLE STOPPED LESS THAN 80 FT FROM THE RWY 28L RUNWAY EDGE LINE. AIRCRAFT 2/B772 WAS DEPARTING RWY 28L AND PASSED VEHICLE WITH THE LEFT WINGTIP SLIGHTLY OVER THE RWY 28L RUNWAY EDGE LINE. LESS THAN 80 FT EXISTED BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 2 AND THE FRONT OF THE TUG.

• 2023-07-11 · San Francisco International Airport · A332 / A20N · RWY 28L · Category B

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND AIRCRAFT 2. AIRCRAFT 2/A20N HAD PREVIOUSLY STOPPED PAST THE RUNWAY 28L HOLD LINE, SHORT OF THE RUNWAY EDGE LINE AT RUNWAY 19L ON THE NORTH SIDE. AIRCRAFT 1/A332 WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 28L WITH AIRCRAFT 2 IN THE RUNWAY 28L RSA AT RUNWAY 19L. ESTIMATED CLOSEST PROXIMITY 36 FEET LATERAL (NOSE TO WINGTIP) AS AIRCRAFT 1 ROLLED PAST RUNWAY 19L.

• 2023-07-11 · San Francisco International Airport · A21N / A20N · RWY 28L · Category B

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND AIRCRAFT 2. AIRCRAFT 2/A20N HAD PREVIOUSLY STOPPED PAST THE RUNWAY 28L HOLD LINE, SHORT OF THE RUNWAY EDGE LINE AT RUNWAY 19L ON THE NORTH SIDE. AIRCRAFT 1/A21N WAS CLEARED TO LAND AND LANDED RUNWAY 28L WITH AIRCRAFT 2 STOPPED IN THE RUNWAY 28L RSA AT RUNWAY 19L. APPROXIMATE CLOSEST PROXIMITY 50 FEET LATERAL (NOSE TO WINGTIP) AS AIRCRAFT 1 ROLLED PAST RUNWAY 19L.

• 2023-07-11 · San Francisco International Airport · A20N / A321 · RWY 19L/ RWY28L · Category B

  AIRCRAFT 1 ENTERED THE RUNWAY 28L RSA WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 1/A20N LANDED RUNWAY 28R AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO EXIT AT RUNWAY 19L AND HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 28L. PILOT READBACK WAS CORRECT. AIRCRAFT 2/A321 WAS THEN CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF FULL LENGTH RUNWAY 28L. AIRCRAFT 1 TURNED SOUTHBOUND RUNWAY 19L AND LC REISSUED RUNWAY 28L HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS. AIRCRAFT 1 CROSSED THE RUNWAY 28L HOLD SHORT LINE AS AIRCRAFT 2 WAS ACCELERATING THROUGH 84KTS, 3,200 FEET UP FIELD. AIRCRAFT 1 STOPPED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY 28L EDGE LINE. APPROXIMATE CLOSEST PROXIMITY 30 FEET LATERAL (NOSE TO WINGTIP) AS AIRCRAFT 2 ROLLED PAST RUNWAY 19L.

• 2017-02-15 · San Francisco International Airport · E75 / A320 · RWY 28L · Category A

  A/C 1/E75L CLEARED TO LAND WRONG RUNWAY (28L) WAS SENT AROUND SHORT FINAL DUE TO A/C 2/A320 IN POSITION RUNWAY 28L. BACKGROUND. A/C 1 CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 28L WITH A/C 2/A320 IN LINE UP AND WAIT SAME RUNWAY. ASSC ALARMED AND LC SENT A/C 1 AROUND AT ABOUT 0.57 MILES FROM A/C 2 (FALCON). PER ASSC ANALYSIS, A/C 1 BEGAN UPWARD TREND IN ATTITUDE, BASED ON AIRCRAFT?S TRANSPONDER, 950 FEET HORIZONTALLY FROM A/C 2. A/C 1 TRANSPONDER UPDATES INDICATES 125 FEET AGL WHEN IT OVER FLIES A/C 2. CLOSEST VERTICAL PROXIMITY ESTIMATED AT 87 FEET. A/C 1 FLIGHT CREW UNAWARE OF AIRCRAFT THAT WAS LINED UP ON RUNWAY 28L. NOTE THE POSITIONAL ACCURACY OF THE ASSC IS +/- 20 FT.

• 2007-05-26 · San Francisco International Airport · E120 / E170 · RWY 28R/01L · Category A

  AN EMBRAER E120 WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 28R. AN EMBRAER E170 WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON INTERSECTING RUNWAY 1L FULL LENGTH. AS THE E170 STARTED TAKEOFF ROLL THE AMASS ALERTED TO A CONFLICT ON THE RUNWAY. LOCAL CONTROL ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE LANDING E120 STOP BUT THE E120 WAS UNABLE TO HOLD SHORT OF THE RUNWAY 1L/28R INTERSECTION. THE E170 ROTATED BETWEEN FOXTROT AND F1 TAXIWAYS AND FLEW OVER THE E120 STOPPED IN THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 28R/1L BY AN ESTIMATED 50 FEET VERTICAL. ESTIMATED DISTANCE FROM ROTATION POINT BETWEEN FOXTROT/F1 TO THE INTERSECTION IS 1,000 FEET HORIZONTAL.