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

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Lake Charles Regional

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KLCH, from 1991-11-08 through 2026-07-06. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports521990–export
2021–2025 reports13five complete years
Reported damage13.5%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rate366.6reports / 100k covered departures
01 / READ THE RECORD

13 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 4 more reports than 2016–2020 (9). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports713.5% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports35.8% of reports
Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$98Konly when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

20163 reports · 0.0% damage
20174 reports · 0.0% damage
20191 reports · 0.0% damage
20201 reports · 0.0% damage
20213 reports · 33.3% damage
20232 reports · 0.0% damage
20243 reports · 0.0% damage
20255 reports · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan2
Feb1
Mar0
Apr2
May0
Jun1
Jul1
Aug0
Sep3
Oct1
Nov0
Dec2

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Take-off Run3 · 0.0% damage
Approach2 · 0.0% damage
Climb2 · 50.0% damage
Landing Roll2 · 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.

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.