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

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Dallas Love Field Arpt

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KDAL, from 1990-04-10 through 2026-07-20. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports2,7351990–export
2021–2025 reports1,034five complete years
Reported damage3.4%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rate428.1reports / 100k covered departures
01 / READ THE RECORD

1,034 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 347 more reports than 2016–2020 (687). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports943.4% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports1134.1% of reports
Serious / destroyed18FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$2.4Monly when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

201689 reports · 3.4% damage
2017181 reports · 3.3% damage
2018172 reports · 2.9% damage
2019139 reports · 1.4% damage
2020106 reports · 0.0% damage
2021102 reports · 2.0% damage
2022144 reports · 0.0% damage
2023251 reports · 1.6% damage
2024195 reports · 2.1% damage
2025342 reports · 1.2% damage
03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan27
Feb27
Mar29
Apr81
May122
Jun137
Jul164
Aug131
Sep110
Oct127
Nov58
Dec21

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach269 · 3.7% damage
Take-off Run65 · 0.0% damage
Climb64 · 1.6% damage
Landing Roll43 · 4.7% damage
Descent16 · 0.0% damage
Departure13 · 0.0% damage
Arrival5 · 0.0% damage
Local5 · 20.0% damage

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