AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Big brown bat reports at KFSD
The FAA database contains 12 filed reports pairing Joe Foss Field Arpt (KFSD) with Big brown bat; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 0.0%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports121990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion00.0% of reports
Latest report2026-07-01in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Big brown bat reports at KFSD: 12 paired reports in the FAA file
Big brown bat reports at KFSD contains 12 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 0 record engine ingestion, while the national Big brown bat parent contains 355 reports.
WHY THERE IS NO RISK GRADE
FAA reporting is voluntary, reporting intensity varies, and this pairing has no flight-exposure denominator. Runway Wildlife keeps counts and conditional damage shares separate.