KBIL / BILMONTANA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Billings Logan Intl

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KBIL, from 1992-07-19 through 2026-07-24. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports3081990–export

2021–2025 reports120five complete years

Reported damage2.6%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate573.5reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

120 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 14 more reports than 2016–2020 (106). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports82.6% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports82.6% of reports

Serious / destroyed2FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$176Konly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

20167 reports · 0.0% damage

201721 reports · 0.0% damage

201820 reports · 5.0% damage

201933 reports · 0.0% damage

202025 reports · 0.0% damage

202119 reports · 0.0% damage

202221 reports · 0.0% damage

202339 reports · 0.0% damage

202422 reports · 0.0% damage

202519 reports · 5.3% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan1

Feb0

Mar7

Apr1

May10

Jun19

Jul30

Aug15

Sep25

Oct9

Nov1

Dec2

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Landing Roll13 · 0.0% damage

Take-off Run12 · 0.0% damage

Approach10 · 0.0% damage

Climb7 · 14.3% damage

Departure3 · 0.0% damage

Local1 · 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 YH00482 reports · 0.0% damage Western meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT00229 reports · 0.0% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K511410 reports · 0.0% damage Great horned owlFAA species ID R22038 reports · 0.0% damage

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

EMB-170Aircraft type34 reports · 2.9% damage CRJ100/200Aircraft type15 reports · 0.0% damage A-319Aircraft type12 reports · 8.3% damage

07 / MT

Other covered airports in Montana

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