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

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Great Falls Intl

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KGTF, from 1990-08-13 through 2026-05-19. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports1271990–export
2021–2025 reports21five complete years
Reported damage5.5%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rate91.4reports / 100k covered departures
01 / READ THE RECORD

21 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 8 fewer reports than 2016–2020 (29). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports75.5% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports32.4% of reports
Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$709Konly when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

20164 reports · 0.0% damage
20176 reports · 0.0% damage
20184 reports · 0.0% damage
201912 reports · 0.0% damage
20203 reports · 0.0% damage
20214 reports · 0.0% damage
20223 reports · 0.0% damage
20235 reports · 0.0% damage
20246 reports · 0.0% damage
20253 reports · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan1
Feb0
Mar1
Apr4
May3
Jun4
Jul2
Aug1
Sep2
Oct0
Nov3
Dec0

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach5 · 0.0% damage
Take-off Run5 · 0.0% damage
Landing Roll4 · 0.0% damage
Arrival2 · 0.0% damage
Climb1 · 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 YH00420 reports · 0.0% damageWestern meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT0028 reports · 0.0% damage
06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

No aircraft combination met the publication threshold.

07 / MT

Other covered airports in Montana

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