§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many(a) runway incursion incidents and (b) incidents of runway overshoots there have been at Heathrow and Gatwick airports in each year since 1985. [36685]
§ Mr. NorrisThe number of runway incursion incidents which occurred at Heathrow and Gatwick airports in the years since 1985 are as follows:
Year Heathrow Gatwick 1985 6 3 1986 7 3 1987 2 0 1988 8 2 1989 13 2 1990 0 0 1991 5 0 1992 3 0 1993 2 1 1994 3 1 Statistics for runway overshoots for the whole of the period requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However figures are available for 1994 when there were 406 runway overshoots at Heathrow airport and 332 at Gatwick.