15 Major American Airports With the Highest Near-Miss Rates

While flying remains one of the safest forms of transportation, the U.S. aviation system has come under renewed scrutiny in recent years. In January 2025, a mid-air collision over the Potomac River marked the first fatal crash involving a major U.S. commercial passenger flight in more than a decade. A series of communication and radar outages earlier this year disrupted operations at multiple…