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.