KFSD / FSDSOUTH DAKOTA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Joe Foss Field Arpt

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KFSD, from 1991-04-01 through 2026-07-18. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports5181990–export

2021–2025 reports227five complete years

Reported damage10.6%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate665.2reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

227 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 119 more reports than 2016–2020 (108). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports5510.6% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports152.9% of reports

Serious / destroyed10FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$2.0Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

201615 reports · 13.3% damage

201720 reports · 10.0% damage

201816 reports · 6.2% damage

201925 reports · 16.0% damage

202032 reports · 6.2% damage

202118 reports · 11.1% damage

202252 reports · 1.9% damage

202356 reports · 5.4% damage

202447 reports · 0.0% damage

202554 reports · 1.9% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan1

Feb1

Mar7

Apr14

May19

Jun27

Jul53

Aug43

Sep32

Oct15

Nov11

Dec4

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach49 · 4.1% damage

Take-off Run28 · 7.1% damage

Landing Roll27 · 0.0% damage

Climb11 · 27.3% damage

Departure6 · 0.0% damage

Arrival1 · 0.0% damage

Descent1 · 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.

Barn swallowFAA species ID YI00544 reports · 0.0% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O220527 reports · 0.0% damage Western meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT00221 reports · 0.0% damage Cliff swallowFAA species ID YI00915 reports · 0.0% damage Canada gooseFAA species ID J220413 reports · 61.5% damage Big brown batFAA species ID 1C210512 reports · 0.0% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N511112 reports · 0.0% damage Red-tailed hawkFAA species ID K330210 reports · 10.0% damage MallardFAA species ID J21098 reports · 50.0% damage

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

A-319Aircraft type35 reports · 0.0% damage CRJ100/200Aircraft type32 reports · 3.1% damage A-300Aircraft type28 reports · 25.0% damage A-320Aircraft type28 reports · 10.7% damage EMB-170Aircraft type25 reports · 0.0% damage EMB-145Aircraft type23 reports · 17.4% damage B-767-300Aircraft type16 reports · 6.2% damage CRJ900Aircraft type15 reports · 20.0% damage BE-200 KINGAircraft type15 reports · 53.3% damage CRJ700Aircraft type15 reports · 0.0% damage

07 / SD

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