Safety incidents

15333 events · last 7 days

SkyMeter detected 15,333 flight safety events across the global tracked fleet in the last 7 days, with Seattle Tacoma International Airport (KSEA) recording the most (544). The breakdown: 4,813 returns to field, 3,596 unstable approaches, 573 go-arounds, 147 speed exceedances, 123 stall warnings, and 60 rejected takeoffs. SkyMeter classifies these events from raw ADS-B trace data using deterministic detectors: go-around from altitude / vertical-speed reversals after final approach, unstable approach from gate-by-gate stability scoring against per-runway statistical envelopes, and stall / overspeed from broadcast IAS / Mach against per-type speed envelopes. Counts reflect detected events, not adjudicated incidents.

TOTAL
15,333
last 7 days
GO-AROUNDS
573
missed approach
REJECTED TAKEOFFS
60
aborted on roll
UNSTABLE APPROACH
3,596
stability flag
RETURN TO FIELD
4,813
commercial · dep=arr
EMERGENCY SQUAWKS
41
7500: 1 · 7600: 9 · 7700: 31

Breakdown by type

Share of total events

TOTAL 15,333
Go-arounds 573 6%
Rejected TO 60 1%
Unstable approach 3,596 40%
Return to field 4,813 53%
Hijack (7500) 1 0%
Lost comms (7600) 9 0%
Emergency (7700) 31 0%

Detection is complicated. ADS-B is imperfect. Gaps, ghost signals, coverage dead zones, missing airport metadata, training patterns, parallel-runway activity, and unfamiliar aircraft types all create false positives. These are signals worth reviewing, not official incident reports.

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