Safety
FAA Runway Mitigation Program Shows Measurable Gains
New methodology targets individual intersections, not broad airport areas
A chart from the 2025 report showing mitigations and data by year 2015 to 2025
RIM locations validated, added, or mitigated by fiscal year, 2015 to 2025 © FAA

Airports where the FAA has mitigated problematic taxiway geometry are showing 77% fewer runway incursions per year after mitigation, according to the agency’s fiscal year 2025 Runway Incursion Mitigation (RIM) Program Annual Summary, released last week.

U.S. runway incursions numbered close to 1,700 annually between 2019 and 2025, with a brief pandemic-era dip before reaching 1,758 in 2024. This is a persistent problem that regulators, manufacturers, and industry groups have been mobilizing to address.