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

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Watertown Regional Arpt

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KATY, from 1992-03-22 through 2025-05-19. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports191990–export
2021–2025 reports8five complete years
Reported damage31.6%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rateNot availableno matching BTS denominator
01 / READ THE RECORD

8 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 7 more reports than 2016–2020 (1). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports631.6% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports00.0% of reports
Serious / destroyed2FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$72Konly when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

20181 reports · 0.0% damage
20211 reports · 100.0% damage
20233 reports · 0.0% damage
20243 reports · 0.0% damage
20251 reports · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun1
Jul3
Aug1
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Landing Roll2 · 0.0% damage
Take-off Run2 · 0.0% damage
Approach1 · 100.0% 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.

No named species combination met the publication threshold.

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

No aircraft combination met the publication threshold.