KBLI / BLIWASHINGTON

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Bellingham Intl

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KBLI, from 1990-12-09 through 2026-07-16. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports2631990–export

2021–2025 reports78five complete years

Reported damage5.7%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate570.7reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

78 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 1 more reports than 2016–2020 (77). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports155.7% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports93.4% of reports

Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$186Konly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

201619 reports · 0.0% damage

201718 reports · 16.7% damage

201819 reports · 0.0% damage

201912 reports · 8.3% damage

20209 reports · 0.0% damage

202112 reports · 8.3% damage

202218 reports · 5.6% damage

202324 reports · 8.3% damage

202417 reports · 0.0% damage

20257 reports · 14.3% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan3

Feb4

Mar5

Apr8

May7

Jun5

Jul5

Aug11

Sep18

Oct1

Nov5

Dec6

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach14 · 14.3% damage

Landing Roll10 · 0.0% damage

Take-off Run6 · 16.7% damage

Climb5 · 40.0% 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.

KilldeerFAA species ID N511153 reports · 0.0% damage GullsFAA species ID NE129 reports · 17.2% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL00125 reports · 0.0% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI00514 reports · 0.0% damage Glaucous-winged gullFAA species ID NE10611 reports · 0.0% damage Savannah sparrowFAA species ID ZX30310 reports · 0.0% damage

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

DHC8 DASH 8Aircraft type38 reports · 2.6% damage A-319Aircraft type29 reports · 20.7% damage MD-83Aircraft type17 reports · 5.9% damage

07 / WA

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