KABQ / ABQNEW MEXICO

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Albuquerque Intl Sunport

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KABQ, from 1990-03-18 through 2026-07-20. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports7311990–export

2021–2025 reports255five complete years

Reported damage4.4%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate149.6reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

255 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 140 more reports than 2016–2020 (115). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports324.4% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports425.7% of reports

Serious / destroyed6FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$182Konly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

201619 reports · 5.3% damage

201722 reports · 4.5% damage

201829 reports · 10.3% damage

201923 reports · 4.3% damage

202022 reports · 0.0% damage

202145 reports · 0.0% damage

202253 reports · 1.9% damage

202359 reports · 1.7% damage

202454 reports · 0.0% damage

202544 reports · 2.3% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan14

Feb15

Mar3

Apr21

May29

Jun22

Jul30

Aug48

Sep37

Oct15

Nov11

Dec10

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach48 · 4.2% damage

Landing Roll20 · 0.0% damage

Take-off Run17 · 0.0% damage

Climb12 · 0.0% damage

Descent4 · 0.0% damage

Taxi3 · 0.0% damage

Arrival1 · 0.0% damage

Departure1 · 0.0% damage

Phase counts use 2021–2025 reports with a supplied phase.

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

Named species in this airport record

Unknown-bird categories remain in airport totals but do not get thin species-combination pages.

Horned larkFAA species ID YH00457 reports · 1.8% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O220552 reports · 3.8% damage Burrowing owlFAA species ID R200841 reports · 2.4% damage SparrowsFAA species ID ZX327 reports · 0.0% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K511424 reports · 0.0% damage CoyoteFAA species ID 1F1120 reports · 5.0% damage Rock pigeonFAA species ID O211118 reports · 0.0% damage Western meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT00217 reports · 5.9% damage House finchFAA species ID ZX01810 reports · 0.0% damage Gopher snakeFAA species ID 2D018 reports · 0.0% damage

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

A report count does not supply an exposure denominator by aircraft type.

B-737-700Aircraft type83 reports · 2.4% damage B-737-300Aircraft type75 reports · 6.7% damage B-737-800Aircraft type33 reports · 3.0% damage EMB-170Aircraft type32 reports · 0.0% damage B-737-7Aircraft type30 reports · 3.3% damage B-737Aircraft type30 reports · 0.0% damage B-737-8Aircraft type26 reports · 3.8% damage MD-82Aircraft type19 reports · 15.8% damage A-320Aircraft type14 reports · 0.0% damage CRJ100/200Aircraft type13 reports · 7.7% damage

07 / NM

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