Airport runway incidents are a lingering problem

Serious and catastrophic or near-catastrophic runway incursions involving at least one commercial aircraft

Note: These numbers exclude December 2017 and January 2024 cases that involved pedestrians. A serious incursion refers to an incident in which there’s significant potential for a collision. A near-catastrophic incursion reflects a narrowly avoided collision. A deadly runway crash in March 2026 between a fire truck and an Air Canada Express jet at New York’s LaGuardia Airport is included as a catastrophic incursion.
 
Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationBob King, Oriana Pawlyk and Sam Ogozalek/POLITICO