Sarasota Bradenton International Airport: Runway Incursions

171 reported incursions · 4 serious (Category A/B) · Sarasota/Bradenton, FL

By year

  • 20261
  • 202516
  • 20249
  • 202316
  • 202210
  • 20216
  • 20203
  • 201911
  • 201810
  • 201721
  • 201614
  • 20155
  • 20146
  • 201316
  • 201210
  • 20114
  • 20105
  • 20091
  • 20082
  • 20071
  • 20061
  • 20041
  • 20031
  • 20011

By severity category

  • Category D — no immediate safety consequence93
  • Category C — ample margin to avoid a collision61
  • Other / pre-2008 classifications13
  • Category B — significant separation loss3
  • Category A — serious, collision narrowly avoided1

By type

  • Pilot deviation128
  • Air traffic control32
  • Vehicle or pedestrian9
  • Other / unknown2

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

  • 2025-06-07 · Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · B737 / PIAT · RWY 32 · Category B

    ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND AIRCRAFT 2. LC CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2/PIAT TO LAND RWY 22 AND ADVISED TRAFFIC WOULD BE HOLDING IN POSITION ON CROSSING RUNWAY. LC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1/B737 TO LUAW RWY 32. LC CLEARED AIRCRAFT 1 FOR TAKEOFF ON RWY 32. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE DATA TAG FOR AIRCRAFT 2 DROPPED FROM THE RADAR DISPLAY. AIRCRAFT 2 WAS STILL ON LANDING ROLLOUT APPROACHING THE RWY 22/32 INTERSECTION AS AIRCRAFT 1 WAS PASSING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. LC ADVISED AIRCRAFT 2 TO STOP AND AIRCRAFT 2 STOPPED PRIOR TO THE RWY 32 EDGE LINE. FACILITY ADVISED APPROXIMATE CLOSEST PROXIMITY: 58 FEET LATERAL.
  • 2018-09-20 · Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · BE36 / E50P · Category A

    A/C 2 WAS CLEARED TO LAND RWY 32. A/C 1 WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 32 AT TWY DELTA. GC COORDINATED WITH LC FOR A/C 1 TO DEPART RWY 32 AT TWY DELTA. WHEN A/C 2 WAS APPROACHING RWY 32 THRESHOLD, A/C 1 WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF AND ISSUED A TRAFFIC ADVISORY REFERENCING AN AIRCRAFT ON FIVE MILE FINAL BUT DID NOT REFERENCE A/C 2. A/C 2 WAS ON LANDING ROLL OUT WHEN A/C 1 TAXIED ONTO RWY 32. THE LC STATED STOP STOP STOP. NO OTHER INSTRUCTIONS WERE GIVEN. A/C 1 MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN AND EXITED THE RUNWAY WHILE A/C 2 VEERED TO AVOID A/C 1. THE LC STATED THAT HE FORGOT ABOUT A/C 2 WHEN CLEARING A/C 1 FOR TAKEOFF. CLOSEST PROXIMITY ESTIMATED BY THE FACILITY WAS 25 FEET. VALIDATED LOSS OF SEPARATION. NO PILOT DEVIATION.
  • 2003-02-20 · Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · C402 / C182 · RWY 32 · Category B

  • 2001-12-28 · Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · P28A / B737 · RWY 14 · 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.