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

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Kansas City Intl

Kansas City Intl (KMCI) has 3,531 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-07-16 through 2026-07-18; 678 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 4.1% of all reports.

Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Voluntary-report cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026

All reports3,5311990–export
2021–2025 reports678five complete years
Reported damage4.1%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rate318.5reports / 100k covered departures
01 / READ THE RECORD

Kansas City Intl: 678 reports in 2021–2025

Kansas City Intl filed 678 reports in 2021–2025, which was 112 fewer than the 790 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports1464.1% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports1524.3% of reports
Serious / destroyed35FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$7.7Monly when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Kansas City Intl: 2016–2025 reporting record

Kansas City Intl has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 1,468 filed reports in the annual series.

2016106 reports · 7.5% damage
2017191 reports · 2.1% damage
2018224 reports · 0.9% damage
2019163 reports · 3.1% damage
2020106 reports · 2.8% damage
2021114 reports · 2.6% damage
2022113 reports · 1.8% damage
2023165 reports · 2.4% damage
2024143 reports · 3.5% damage
2025143 reports · 4.9% damage
03 / SEASON

Kansas City Intl: reports by month

Kansas City Intl has 678 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan12
Feb15
Mar28
Apr48
May95
Jun52
Jul116
Aug97
Sep91
Oct70
Nov35
Dec19

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Kansas City Intl: reports by flight phase

Kansas City Intl has 502 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Approach245 · 3.3% damage
Landing Roll90 · 1.1% damage
Take-off Run76 · 5.3% damage
Climb57 · 10.5% damage
Departure19 · 5.3% damage
Descent9 · 11.1% damage
Arrival4 · 0.0% damage
Local1 · 0.0% damage

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

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

Kansas City Intl: named wildlife

Kansas City Intl has 45 published named-wildlife combinations representing 2,163 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

All 45 published wildlife combinations
Horned lark · 309Barn swallow · 279Mourning dove · 186Eastern meadowlark · 183Killdeer · 165European starling · 137Red-tailed hawk · 117Cliff swallow · 112Common nighthawk · 63American kestrel · 51Sparrows · 39American robin · 38Perching birds (y) · 35Savannah sparrow · 25Short-eared owl · 24Hawks · 23Western kingbird · 22Mallard · 21Rock pigeon · 20Common grackle · 19Great horned owl · 19Chimney swift · 18Vesper bats · 15Swallows · 15Blackbirds · 14Buff-breasted sandpiper · 13Eastern red bat · 13Canada goose · 13Snow goose · 13Gulls · 13Geese · 12Dark-eyed junco · 12Red-winged blackbird · 12Purple martin · 11Striped skunk · 11Swainson's hawk · 11Ducks · 10Coyote · 10Meadowlarks · 10Lincoln's sparrow · 10Franklin's gull · 8Upland sandpiper · 8American golden-plover · 8American coot · 8Gray catbird · 8