2026: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2026-05-08 · Denver International Airport · A21N · RWY 17L · Category A

  A PEDESTRIAN ENTERED RWY 17L WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. A PEDESTRIAN BREACHED THE PERIMETER FENCE AND ENTERED RWY 17L FROM THE EAST SIDE NEAR TWY P7. AIRCRAFT 2/A21N WAS DEPARTURE ROLL RWY 17L AND STRUCK THE PEDESTRIAN APPROXIMATELY 3000 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN A FATALITY. AIRCRAFT 2 EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FIRE AND ABORTED TAKEOFF. EMERGENCY RESPONSE ENSUED AND THE PASSENGERS AND CREW EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY.

• 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.

• 2026-03-26 · Henderson Executive Airport · BL8 / DA40 · KHND RWY 17R AND TWY D · Category B

  AIRCRAFT 1 CROSSED RWY 17R WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 1/BL8 LANDED RWY 17L AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO EXIT AT TWY D WITHOUT DELAY AND HOLD SHORT RWY 17R. AIRCRAFT 1 READ BACK "D, CROSS 17R, NO DELAY". LC DID NOT CORRECT THE BAD READ BACK. AIRCRAFT 1 CROSSED RWY 17R AT TWY D. AIRCRAFT 2/DA40 WAS DEPARTING RWY 17R AND OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 1 BY AN ESTIMATED 100 FEET.

• 2026-03-22 · LaGuardia Airport · CRJ9 / CRJ9 · RUNWAY 04 AND TAXIWAY D · Category A

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN VEHICLE AND AIRCRAFT 2. VEHICLE REQUESTED TO CROSS RWY 4 AT TWY D EASTBOUND, RESPONDING TO AN ALERT AIRCRAFT. LC INSTRUCTED VEHICLE TO CROSS RWY 4 AT TWY D. AIRCRAFT 2/CRJ9 WAS CLEARED TO LAND RWY 4 AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET FROM THE LANDING THRESHOLD. LC REALIZED THE CONFLICT AND INSTRUCTED VEHICLE TO STOP AS AIRCRAFT 2 WAS ABEAM TWY Y ON LANDING ROLLOUT, BUT NO RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED. LC AGAIN INSTRUCTED VEHICLE TO STOP AS AIRCRAFT 2 WAS NOW ABEAM TWY C, BUT NO RESPONSE RECEIVED. VEHICLE AND AIRCRAFT 2 COLLIDED AT TWY D.

• 2026-02-20 · William P. Hobby Airport · B737 / CRJ9 · RWY 13R · Category B

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN VEHICLE AND AIRCRAFT 2. LC CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2/CRJ9 FOR TAKEOFF RWY 13R. LC THEN INSTRUCTED VEHICLE/MAINTENANCE FLIGHT TO CROSS RWY 13L AND RWY 13R ON TWY K. VEHICLE CROSSED RWY 13L AND ENTERED RWY 13R AT TWY K AS AIRCRAFT 2 WAS PASSING TWY H. THE ASDE ALERTED AND LC INSTRUCTED VEHICLE TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 13R, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALREADY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUNWAY. VEHICLE CLEARED RWY 13R AT TWY K PRIOR TO AIRCRAFT 2 REACHING THE INTERSECTION. AIRCRAFT 2 ADVISED LC THAT THEY WERE REJECTING THEIR TAKEOFF AND EXITING THE RUNWAY AT TWY L. THE CLOSEST PROXIMITY FROM THE ASDE ANALYSIS WAS 176 FEET LATERAL.