FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
KATL / ATLGEORGIA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt

Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt (KATL) has 4,413 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-02-26 through 2026-07-17; 1,575 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 3.3% of all reports.

Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Voluntary-report cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026

All reports4,4131990–export
2021–2025 reports1,575five complete years
Reported damage3.3%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rate91.4reports / 100k covered departures
01 / READ THE RECORD

Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt: 1,575 reports in 2021–2025

Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt filed 1,575 reports in 2021–2025, which was 333 more than the 1,242 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports1463.3% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports1142.6% of reports
Serious / destroyed25FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$767Konly when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt: 2016–2025 reporting record

Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 2,817 filed reports in the annual series.

2016187 reports · 2.7% damage
2017292 reports · 1.4% damage
2018283 reports · 3.5% damage
2019286 reports · 1.0% damage
2020194 reports · 0.5% damage
2021288 reports · 3.5% damage
2022320 reports · 1.9% damage
2023323 reports · 0.6% damage
2024327 reports · 2.1% damage
2025317 reports · 1.6% damage
03 / SEASON

Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt: reports by month

Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt has 1,575 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan54
Feb63
Mar82
Apr109
May139
Jun103
Jul188
Aug179
Sep221
Oct232
Nov148
Dec57

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt: reports by flight phase

Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt has 913 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Approach612 · 2.6% damage
Climb128 · 7.0% damage
Landing Roll96 · 2.1% damage
Take-off Run45 · 4.4% damage
Departure16 · 0.0% damage
Descent12 · 8.3% damage
Arrival3 · 0.0% damage
Taxi1 · 0.0% damage

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

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt: named wildlife

Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt has 65 published named-wildlife combinations representing 2,733 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

All 65 published wildlife combinations
Mourning dove · 289Killdeer · 284European starling · 246Barn swallow · 172Chimney swift · 153Eastern red bat · 152Brazilian free-tailed bat · 113Red-winged blackbird · 93Eastern meadowlark · 92Red-tailed hawk · 72Rock pigeon · 63American robin · 54Swainson's thrush · 50American barn owl · 47Brown-headed cowbird · 46Cedar waxwing · 46Coyote · 37Common nighthawk · 37Red-eyed vireo · 32Savannah sparrow · 29American kestrel · 29Blackbirds · 28Wilson's snipe · 24Black vulture · 23Eastern cottontail · 22Yellow-rumped warbler · 21Palm warbler · 21Big brown bat · 20Tri-colored bat · 20Northern rough-winged swallow · 20Perching birds (y) · 20Microbats · 19American pipit · 18Tennessee warbler · 16Sparrows · 16Scarlet tanager · 15Gray catbird · 15Blue-gray gnatcatcher · 14Chipping sparrow · 14House finch · 13Song sparrow · 13Yellow-billed cuckoo · 13Hawks · 13Wood thrush · 12Free-tailed bats · 11American crow · 11Seminole bat · 10Bay-breasted warbler · 10Gray-cheeked thrush · 10Hoary bat · 9Grasshopper sparrow · 9Brown thrasher · 9Cooper's hawk · 9Canada goose · 9Evening bat · 9Ruby-throated hummingbird · 9Turkey vulture · 8Cliff swallow · 8Eastern wood-pewee · 8Vesper bats · 8Ruby-crowned kinglet · 8Cape May warbler · 8Pine warbler · 8Swamp sparrow · 8White-throated sparrow · 8