FAA: Four 'runway incursions' at LaGuardia in 2025
Experts say that when collisions happen between aircraft and vehicles on the ground, they are usually minor.
In October, a low-speed collision occurred when the wing tip of one Delta Airlines plane collided with the fuselage of another as both were taxiing. No one was injured, and an NTSB investigation is continuing.
The FAA keeps a database of “runway incursions,” which occur not on taxiways but on the landing strip. It classifies incidents from A (the most serious — an accident or near-accident) to E (the least serious).
Last year, no incidents at major New York area airports exceeded a “C”. There were four in this class at LaGuardia Airport and one each at Kennedy and Newark Liberty airports.
Some were due to errors by controllers, while others were due to errors by pilots or vehicle drivers.
In January 2025 at LaGuardia, a pilot mistakenly entered the runway without authorization when another flight was landing. The controller gave the landing aircraft a "go-around" order with 0.8 miles left in their final approach.
In 2024, there were six C-class runway incursions at Kennedy, five at Newark, one at Long Island MacArthur and four at LaGuardia.
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