A memo from the FAA, recently obtained by CBS Colorado, reports the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport as having more safety incidents than any other airport in the country. The June memo explains that RMMA “…currently leads the National Airspace System (NAS) in the number of Potentially Significant Events (PSEs), which include both runway incursions and airborne safety incidents.”
This means that despite its smaller size, RMMA has more PSEs than larger airports like Denver International Airport. However, the FAA says RMMA has grown over the last few years, which the FAA explained was one of the reasons for sending this memo addressing safety concerns and operations.
The June memo was dated just weeks after a plane crashed shortly after taking off from RMMA in May…