Teterboro Airport: Runway Incursions

149 reported incursions · 5 serious (Category A/B) · Teterboro, NJ

By year

  • 20261
  • 20254
  • 20248
  • 20237
  • 20224
  • 20212
  • 20204
  • 20196
  • 201811
  • 20177
  • 20164
  • 20156
  • 20149
  • 20134
  • 20129
  • 20118
  • 20103
  • 20095
  • 20082
  • 200711
  • 20065
  • 200514
  • 20043
  • 20031
  • 20029
  • 20012

By severity category

  • Category D — no immediate safety consequence64
  • Category C — ample margin to avoid a collision51
  • Other / pre-2008 classifications29
  • Category A — serious, collision narrowly avoided3
  • Category B — significant separation loss2

By type

  • Pilot deviation96
  • Air traffic control30
  • Vehicle or pedestrian20
  • Other / unknown3

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

  • 2021-06-18 · Teterboro Airport · E55P / H25B · RWY 24 AT TWY · Category A

    AIRCRAFT 1 ENTERED RUNWAY 19 WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. ATC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1/E55P TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 24 VIA TAXIWAY P AND TAXIWAY L, HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 19. THE PILOT READ BACK WAS CORRECT. PRIOR TO AIRCRAFT 1 TURNING ONTO TAXIWAY P, ATC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 1 TO CROSS RUNWAY 19 AT TAXIWAY L. THE PILOT READ BACK WAS CORRECT. ATC CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2/H25B FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 24. INSTEAD OF TURNING LEFT ON TAXIWAY L, AIRCRAFT 1 TURNED RIGHT AND ENTERED RUNWAY 24 AT TAXIWAY L AS AIRCRAFT 2 WAS ON DEPARTURE ROLL. AIRCRAFT 2 OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 1 BY APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET.
  • 2008-06-25 · Teterboro Airport · LJ45 · RWY 19 · Category B

    RUNWAY 1/19 HAD BEEN CLOSED BY OPS. LOCAL CONTROL (LC) PROPERLY PLACED THE 2 RUNWAY INCURSION DEVICES (RID) IN THE LC POSITION BUT DID NOT INFORM THE TRACON OF THE CLOSURE. TRACON CALLED 27 MINUTES LATER REQUESTING A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 19 FOR A LEARJET LJ45. LC APPROVED THE REQUEST. THE LJ45 WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 19, OVER FLYING 2 EMPLOYEES LOCATED NORTH OF THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD, ON RUNWAY 19, BETWEEN TAXIWAYS L/A AND B. THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD IS 770 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 19. THE LJ45 FLEW OVER THE PEDESTRIANS AT AN ESTIMATED 150 FEET VERTICAL AND TOUCHED DOWN SLIGHTLY PAST TAXIWAY QUEBEC, 1800 FEET FROM 19 THRESHOLD. THE LJ45 EXITED THE RUNWAY AT JULIET. DISPLACED THRESHOLD IS 771 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 19. TWO (2) VEHICLES WERE ON THE RUNWAY ABEAM TAXIWAY B, APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET FROM APPROACH END. TYPICALLY THE RAISED "X" IS ON THE TRUCK. THE RADIOS TUNED TO LC ARE IN THE TRUCKS. AIRPORT PERSONNEL DID NOT HAVE HAND HELD RADIOS OUT ON THE RUNWAY AND BOTH TRUCKS HAD THEIR BEACONS (AMBER) ON. TRUCK CARRYING THE "X" WAS POSITIONED ABEAM TAXIWAY B IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE "X" WAS BEING RAISED. SUPERVISOR WAS FACING THE EMPLOYEE RAISING THE "X" AND SAW THE LJ APPROACHING. SUPERVISOR PROCEEDED TO HIS TRUCK WHICH WAS CLOSER TO THE EDGE BUT STILL ON THE RUNWAY ABEAM B AND AS HE WAS TRANSMITTING TO TOWER REGARDING THE LJ, THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDING OVER HIS POSITION. HE CLEARLY SAW THE DETAIL OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ESTIMATES THE OVER FLY WAS 100 FEET. IN ADDITION THERE WAS A RAISED "X" (NO VEHICLE INVOLVED) 850 FEET FROM DEPARTURE END (ON THE NUMBERS) WHICH WAS FULL OF FUEL.
  • 2007-06-17 · Teterboro Airport · P180 / SR22 · RWY 24/19 · Category A

    A PIAGGIO P180, IFR DEPARTURE, WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 24. FORTY-NINE SECONDS LATER, A CIRRUS SR22, VFR, WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON INTERSECTING RUNWAY 19. THE P180 SAW THE SR22 ON DEPARTURE ROLL AND APPLIED MAXIMUM BRAKING, BLOWING TIRE ON MAIN GEAR AS THE SR22 ROLLED PAST THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND 50 FEET IN FRONT. THE P180 STOPPED IN THE INTERSECTION. LC STATES HE DID NOT SEE THE INCURSION, SO NO CLEARANCES WERE CANCELLED.
  • 2005-06-08 · Teterboro Airport · C172 / BE40 · RWY 19 · Category B

    A CESSNA C172 LANDED RUNWAY 19 THEN TURNED RIGHT ONTO TAXIWAY DELTA AND CALLED FOR TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. GROUND CONTROL (GC) INITIALLY INSTRUCTED THE C172 TO HOLD SHORT RUNWAY 24 ON TAXIWAY LIMA. SUBSEQUENTLY GC INSTRUCTED THE C172 TO CROSS RUNWAY 24 PROCEED NORTHBOUND ON LIMA AND HOLD SHORT RUNWAY 19 ON BRAVO. THE C172 PILOT READ BACK THE INSTRUCTIONS BUT TURNED RIGHT ONTO RUNWAY 24 PROCEEDING TOWARDS APPROACH END AND CROSSED RUNWAY 19. A BEECH BE40, OVER APPROACH END BOUNDARY FOR RUNWAY 19, WAS SENT AROUND AS THE C172 WAS EXITING THE 19/24 INTERSECTION. CLOSEST PROXIMITY REPORTED WAS 200 FEET HORIZONTAL AS THE BE40 INITIATED CLIMB OUT JUST PRIOR TO BRAVO AND AS THE C172 CLEARED THE INTERSECTION.
  • 2002-01-09 · Teterboro Airport · H25B / H25B · RWY 24/19 · Category A

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.