2024: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2024-12-09 · Chicago Midway International Airport · B38M · MDW RWY31C · Category A

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND VEHICLE. VEHICLE/ AIRPORT VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON THE WEST SHOULDER OF RUNWAY 31C OUTSIDE THE RUNWAY EDGE LINE ABEAM THE PAPI ARRAY. THE TECHNICIANS WERE OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE PERFORMING WORK ON THE PAPIS. THE PRESENCE OF THE VEHICLE AND PERSONNEL IN THE RUNWAY 31C RSA HAD BEEN COVERED IN THE GC PRB PRECEDING THE EVENT. GC ISSUED TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO AIRCRAFT 1/B38M FOR RUNWAY 31C, TAXI VIA TAXIWAY T AND TAXIWAY E3. DURING THE PREVIOUS LC PRB, THE VEHICLES WERE MENTIONED BUT NOT THEIR PRESENCE IN THE RUNWAY 31C RSA. LC ISSUED LUAW AND THEN TAKEOFF CLEARANCE RUNWAY 31C TO AIRCRAFT 1 AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED. ESTIMATED CLOSEST PROXIMITY BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND THE VEHICLE PARKED ON THE SHOULDER 30-40 FEET BASED ON B38M WINGSPAN.

• 2024-11-23 · Corpus Christi International Airport · PA28/A / C560 · CRP RWY 13 · Category B

  AIRCRAFT 1 DEPARTED RUNWAY 13 WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 1/P28A WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 13 AND ADVISED LC THEY WERE READY FOR DEPARTURE. LC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 13. THE PILOT READ BACK TAKING RUNWAY 13 THANK YOU. LC DID NOT ADDRESS THE INCORRECT READBACK. LC CLEARED A C560 FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 18. AIRCRAFT 1 DEPARTED RUNWAY 13 WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. LC ISSUED AIRCRAFT 1 A 220 HEADING AND AIRCRAFT 1 TURNED PRIOR TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY DIVERGING FROM THE C560 DEPARTING RUNWAY 18.

• 2024-08-10 · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · A320 / A320 · 10L · Category B

  VEHICLE CROSSED RUNWAY 10L WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 2/A320 WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 10L. VEHICLE CALLED GCN AT TAXIWAY T5 AND REQUESTED AIRFIELD SERVICE, "STAYING CLEAR OF ALL TAXIING AIRCRAFT AND RUNWAYS." GCN ADVISED VEHICLE TO "PROCEED AS REQUESTED." VEHICLE PROCEEDED VIA T5, C, Q AND ENTERED RUNWAY 10L WITHOUT APPROVAL. AIRCRAFT 2 WAS TOUCHING DOWN BETWEEN TAXIWAYS B3 AND B4. VEHICLE OPERATOR OBSERVED AIRCRAFT, MADE A 180 TO WEST SIDE OF TAXIWAY Q AND AFTER AIRCRAFT 2 PASSED CONTINUED CROSSING RUNWAY 10L. CLOSEST PROXIMITY ESTIMATED 73 FEET.

• 2024-06-15 · Centennial Airport · P32R / PA44 · RWY 17R · Category B

  AIRCRAFT 1 ATTEMPTED TO LAND RUNWAY 17R WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 1/PA32R WAS ON VISUAL APPROACH AND CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 17L BY LC1 WITH CORRECT READBACK. AIRCRAFT 1 LINED UP FOR RUNWAY 17R ON A 4-MILE FINAL. LC2 INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 2/PA44 TO LUAW ON RUNWAY 17R WHEN AIRCRAFT 1 WAS ON APPROXIMATELY 1.8-MILE FINAL. LC2 CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2 FOR TAKEOFF WHEN AIRCRAFT 1 WAS ON APPROXIMATELY 0.3-MILE FINAL FOR RUNWAY 17R. AIRCRAFT 2 BEGAN TAKEOFF ROLL. AIRCRAFT 1 REPORTED GOING AROUND ON LC1 FREQUENCY WHEN IT WAS AT THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 17R. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, AIRCRAFT 2 REPORTED ABORTING ITS TAKEOFF DUE TO "TRAFFIC IN THE UPWIND." CLOSEST PROXIMITY (OVERFLIGHT) APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET VERTICAL.

• 2024-03-08 · Hector International Airport · DA42 / C172 · RWY 27 · Category A

  AIRCRAFT 1 ENTERED RUNWAY 27 WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. LC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1/DA42 RUNWAY 36 CLEARED TO LAND, HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 27. PILOT READBACK WAS CORRECT. LC THEN INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 2/C172 RUNWAY 27 CLEARED FOR THE OPTION AND ISSUED TRAFFIC ADVISORIES TO BOTH AIRCRAFT. DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, LC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO TURN RIGHT ON TAXIWAY E AND CONTACT GC. AIRCRAFT 1 DID NOT TURN ON TAXIWAY E AND CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY CROSSING RUNWAY 27 WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 2 WAS CONDUCTING A TOUCH AND GO RUNWAY 27. AS AIRCRAFT 1 APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 36 AND RUNWAY 27, LC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO HOLD POSITION WITH NO RESPONSE. LC IMMEDIATELY INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 2 TO PULL UP. AIRCRAFT 2 OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 1 BY APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET.

• 2024-02-13 · Centennial Airport · M7 / C172 · RY35R · Category B

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND AIRCRAFT 2. GC COORDINATED WITH LC1 FOR AN INTERSECTION DEPARTURE RUNWAY 35R AT TAXIWAY A11 WITH AIRCRAFT 1/M7. LC CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2/C172 FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 35R FULL LENGTH FROM LUAW. LC THEN INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO LUAW RUNWAY 35R BUT DID NOT INCLUDE A11. AIRCRAFT 2 WAS PASSING TAXIWAY A13 AND ASKED LC1 IF THE TAIL DRAGGER WAS ON THE RUNWAY. LC1 INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO HOLD POSITION. AIRCRAFT 2 OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 1 BY 150 - 200 FEET PER ADS-B DATA.

• 2024-01-01 · Salt Lake City International Airport · A321 / A321 · RWY 34L · Category B

  PEDESTRIAN ENTERED RUNWAY 34L WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 2/A321 ON DEPARTURE ROLL RUNWAY 34L, REPORTED A MAN IN A YELLOW SAFETY JACKET WAVING HIS ARMS ON THE RUNWAY. THE INDIVIDUAL'S LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS ON RUNWAY 34L LEFT OF CENTERLINE, NEAR TAXIWAY A3 AND A4 AREA. PILOT REPORTED THEY SAW THE INDIVIDUAL ON THE RUNWAY WHILE TRAVELLING AT 100 KNOTS AND THAT THEY MANEUVERED TO THE RIGHT.