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This is a list of tornadoes that have struck airports.

List

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F#/EF# Airport Anchor city Date Fatalities Injuries Summary Ref
F3 Will Rogers World Airport / Tinker Air Force Base Oklahoma City, Oklahoma March 20, 1948 0 8 1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes – Unpredicted tornado that destroyed 54 aircraft and damaged facilities at Tinker AFB. [1]
EF? Tinker Air Force Base 0 0 Research by Grazulis found this tornado struck the northeast corner of the base.
F3 March 25, 1948 0 1 1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes – This tornado was the first ever tornado successfully forecasted. 35 aircraft were destroyed.
F2 April 11, 1974 White Rock Airport Dallas, Texas 0 0 Caused damage to aircraft and automobiles. [2]
EF5 Sheppard Air Force Base Wichita Falls, Texas April 3, 1964 7 111 An extremely violent tornado moved through the Wichita Falls area before heavily damaging runways on Sheppard Air Force Base. [3]
F5 Lubbock International Airport Lubbock, Texas May 11, 1970 26 ~1,500 Lubbock tornado – The tornado approached the airport near the end of its life, damaging 119 aircraft before lifting. [4]
F1 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Cincinnati, Ohio June 24, 1976 0 1 A tornado, described as "mini-type", touched down on airport property. [5]
F1 Quad Cities International Airport Quad Cities April 5, 1981 0 4 190 automobiles, alongside cargo buildings at the airport, were damaged. The tornado also damaged the Moline National Weather Service office. [6]
F5 Aurora Municipal Airport Aurora, Illinois August 28, 1990 29 353 1990 Plainfield tornado – Small planes were flipped. Air traffic control reported a wall cloud before a gust of 80–90 kn (92–104 mph; 150–170 km/h) was recorded. [7]
F5 McConnell Air Force Base Wichita, Kansas April 26, 1991 17 225 1991 Andover tornado outbreak#Haysville–McConnell AFB–Wichita–Andover, Kansas – A large tornado hit the McConnell Air Force Base, narrowly avoiding 10 B-1B Lancers, 2 of which were actively armed with nuclear warheads. [8]
IF? Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong May 20, 2002 0 0 A weak tornado hit the Hong Kong International Airport, causing minor damage. [9]
F1 Wiley Post Airport Oklahoma City, Oklahoma May 9, 2003 0 8 Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2003 – 40 hangars and around 70 aircraft were destroyed. [10]
EF4 St. Louis Lambert International Airport St. Louis, Missouri April 22, 2011 0 5 2011 St. Louis tornado – A violent and destructive tornado moved through the St. Louis metropolitan area, destroying multiple runways and breaking over half of the windows in Terminal 1. [11]
EF0 Des Moines International Airport Des Moines, Iowa November 11, 2015 0 0 A weak tornado inflicted minor damage to structures at the Des Moines International Airport. [12]
EF1 Lamar County Airport Lamar County, Alabama November 29, 2016 0 0 A tornado tracked 9.6 miles through Lamar County, destroying 3 planes and damaging hangars at the Lamar County Airport. [13]
EF2 Hickory Regional Airport Hickory, North Carolina October 23, 2017 0 0 A relatively strong tornado destroyed a hangar and the aircraft inside, located on the Hickory Regional Airport. [14]
EF2 Brush Municipal Airport Brush, Colorado July 29, 2018 0 0 A tornado damaged several buildings and destroyed a hangar located on the grounds of the Brush Municipal Airport. [15]
EF3 Monroe Regional Airport Monroe, Louisiana April 12, 2020 0 0 2020 Easter tornado outbreak#Monroe, Louisiana – A strong and rain-wrapped tornado destroyed a large metal hangar at the Monroe Regional Airport and inflicting a total of $25-30 million (2020 USD) in damage to the airport. [16]
EF1 Tallahassee International Airport Tallahassee, Florida January 27, 2021 0 0 A long-tracked tornado moved 21.4 miles (34.4 km) through southern Tallahassee, flipping a twin-engine plane at the Tallahassee International Airport [17]
EF4 Mayfield Graves County Airport Graves County, Kentucky December 10, 2021 57 519 2021 Western Kentucky tornado – A long-tracked and destructive tornado moved through Graves County, destroying several airplanes in hangars at the airport. [18]
EF0 Mobile International Airport Mobile, Alabama October 29, 2022 0 0 Produced "no notable damage" as it moved over the airport. [19]
EF0 Davenport Municipal Airport Davenport, Iowa June 24, 2023 0 0 This brief tornado damaged canopies, tents, and equipment at the airport and approached the Davenport National Weather Service office. [20]
EF1 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio February 28, 2024 0 0 A brief tornado damaged several buildings located on the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base complex, including a restoration hanger owned by the National Museum of the United States Air Force. [21]
EF3 Eppley Airfield Omaha, Nebraska April 26, 2024 0 0 Tornado outbreak of April 25–28, 2024#Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Nebraska/Crescent–Beebeetown, Iowa – Hangars were destroyed and aircraft were overturned as the tornado struck Eppley Airfield at EF2 intensity. [22]
EF0 Midway International Airport Chicago, Illinois July 14, 2024 0 0 Severe weather sequence of July 13–16, 2024 – A weak tornado began on the northeastern corner of Midway. [23]
EF1 O'Hare International Airport July 15, 2024 0 0 Severe weather sequence of July 13–16, 2024 – A brief tornado struck the airport. Passengers had previously boarded flights and reported being stranded on the runway. [24]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "March 25, 1948 - The First Tornado Forecast". National Weather Service Norman, Oklahoma.
  2. ^ "Storm Events Database". National Centers for Environmental Information.
  3. ^ US Department of Commerce, NOAA. "Wichita Falls, TX Tornadoes (1900-Present)". www.weather.gov. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  4. ^ "NWS Lubbock, TX Local Weather Events: The 1970 Lubbock Tornado". National Weather Service Lubbock, Texas.
  5. ^ Storm Data. NOAA. June 1976. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ "Storm Events Database". National Centers for Environmental Information.
  7. ^ Baumgardt, Dan A. (1992). A Three-Dimensional, Subjective Investigation of the Synoptic and Mesoscale Environment for the Plainfield/Crest Hill, Illinois Tornado, August 28, 1990 (Thesis/dissertation: M.S.). University of Wisconsin–Madison. OCLC 31747487.
  8. ^ "Timeline for supercell that produced the Wichita/Andover Tornado". National Weather Service. National Weather Service in Wichita, Kansas. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  9. ^ P.W., Chan; J. Wurman; C.M. Shun; P. Robinson; K. Kosiba (Mar 2012). "Application of a method for the automatic detection and Ground-Based Velocity Track Display (GBVTD) analysis of a tornado crossing the Hong Kong International Airport". Atmos. Res. 106: 18–29. Bibcode:2012AtmRe.106...18C. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.10.010.
  10. ^ "Historical planes, hangars at Wiley Post Airport damaged in Friday tornado". News on 6. 11 May 2003.
  11. ^ Gay, Malcolm; Harris, Elizabeth A. (23 April 2011). "Tornadoes Tear Through St. Louis, Shutting Down the Airport". The New York Times. St. Louis. Archived from the original on October 27, 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Summary of The November 11, 2015 Veterans Day Tornadoes". Archived from the original on December 19, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  13. ^ US Department of Commerce, NOAA. "Lamar County Airport Tornado - November 29, 2016". www.weather.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  14. ^ "NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit". apps.dat.noaa.gov.
  15. ^ "Brush airport damaged by possible tornado". KUSA.com. 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  16. ^ Louisiana Event Report: EF3 Tornado. National Weather Service (Report). National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  17. ^ US Department of Commerce, NOAA. "January 27th, 2021 Tallahassee Tornado". www.weather.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  18. ^ "Sheltering Behavior During the December 2021 Tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky". hazards.colorado.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  19. ^ "Storm Events Database". National Centers for Environmental Information.
  20. ^ "Event Summary: June 24th - Davenport, IA Tornado". National Weather Service Quad Cities, Iowa/Illinois.
  21. ^ "Wright-Patt AFB sustains damage from suspected tornado". WPAFB MIL. February 28, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  22. ^ "Storm Events Database". National Centers for Environmental Information.
  23. ^ "Storm Events Database". National Centers for Environmental Information.
  24. ^ "Tornado Did Hit O'Hare National, Weather Service confirms twister tally in July Derecho". WTTW. 22 July 2024.
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