KMCI / MCIMISSOURI

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Kansas City Intl

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KMCI, from 1990-07-16 through 2026-07-18. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

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

678 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 112 fewer reports than 2016–2020 (790). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

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

Ten complete reporting years

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

When reports arrive

Jan12

Feb15

Mar28

Apr48

May95

Jun52

Jul116

Aug97

Sep91

Oct70

Nov35

Dec19

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

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

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 YH004309 reports · 1.0% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI005279 reports · 0.4% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O2205186 reports · 1.1% damage Eastern meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT001183 reports · 1.1% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N5111165 reports · 0.6% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL001137 reports · 2.2% damage Red-tailed hawkFAA species ID K3302117 reports · 12.8% damage Cliff swallowFAA species ID YI009112 reports · 0.0% damage Common nighthawkFAA species ID S521363 reports · 1.6% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K511451 reports · 2.0% damage SparrowsFAA species ID ZX339 reports · 0.0% damage American robinFAA species ID Z600738 reports · 2.6% damage

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

B-737-700Aircraft type271 reports · 4.8% damage B-737-300Aircraft type262 reports · 6.9% damage B-737-800Aircraft type203 reports · 3.4% damage EMB-170Aircraft type164 reports · 8.5% damage B-737-7Aircraft type136 reports · 2.2% damage A-319Aircraft type135 reports · 5.2% damage B-737-8Aircraft type103 reports · 6.8% damage A-320Aircraft type82 reports · 4.9% damage MD-82Aircraft type73 reports · 4.1% damage B-717-200Aircraft type65 reports · 3.1% damage

07 / MO

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