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AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Louie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt

Louie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt (KMSY) has 2,448 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-01-11 through 2026-07-15; 369 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 5.1% of all reports.

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

All reports2,4481990–export

2021–2025 reports369five complete years

Reported damage5.1%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate172.1reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

Louie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt: 369 reports in 2021–2025

Louie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt filed 369 reports in 2021–2025, which was 17 more than the 352 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports1245.1% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports1114.5% of reports

Serious / destroyed40FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$3.1Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Louie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt: 2016–2025 reporting record

Louie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 721 filed reports in the annual series.

201692 reports · 3.3% damage

201776 reports · 2.6% damage

201868 reports · 1.5% damage

201990 reports · 1.1% damage

202026 reports · 3.8% damage

202151 reports · 7.8% damage

202288 reports · 5.7% damage

202382 reports · 4.9% damage

202466 reports · 3.0% damage

202582 reports · 3.7% damage

03 / SEASON

Louie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt: reports by month

Louie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt has 369 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan13

Feb29

Mar21

Apr34

May30

Jun16

Jul30

Aug38

Sep49

Oct45

Nov36

Dec28

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Louie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt: reports by flight phase

Louie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt has 320 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Approach212 · 5.2% damage

Climb44 · 6.8% damage

Landing Roll30 · 0.0% damage

Departure17 · 5.9% damage

Take-off Run13 · 0.0% damage

Descent3 · 66.7% damage

Local1 · 100.0% damage

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

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

Louie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt: named wildlife

Louie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt has 28 published named-wildlife combinations representing 1,092 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

KilldeerFAA species ID N5111183 reports · 0.0% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI005161 reports · 0.0% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O2205112 reports · 0.9% damage GullsFAA species ID NE177 reports · 15.6% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL00167 reports · 3.0% damage Virginia opossumFAA species ID 1A154 reports · 0.0% damage Eastern meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT00153 reports · 0.0% damage SparrowsFAA species ID ZX348 reports · 2.1% damage DovesFAA species ID O2236 reports · 2.8% damage MicrobatsFAA species ID 1C236 reports · 0.0% damage Rock pigeonFAA species ID O211125 reports · 16.0% damage Western cattle egretFAA species ID I130123 reports · 13.0% damage

All 28 published wildlife combinations

Killdeer · 183 Barn swallow · 161 Mourning dove · 112 Gulls · 77 European starling · 67 Virginia opossum · 54 Eastern meadowlark · 53 Sparrows · 48 Doves · 36 Microbats · 36 Rock pigeon · 25 Western cattle egret · 23 Red-tailed hawk · 19 Bank swallow · 19 Swallows · 18 Purple martin · 18 Blackbirds · 17 Cliff swallow · 16 American kestrel · 14 Egrets · 13 Common nighthawk · 13 Tree swallow · 11 Meadowlarks · 11 Ring-billed gull · 10 Ducks · 10 American barn owl · 10 Laughing gull · 9 Mississippi kite · 9

06 / AIRCRAFT

Louie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt: aircraft types in filed reports

Louie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt has 27 published aircraft-type combinations representing 1,468 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

B-737-700Aircraft type184 reports · 3.8% damage B-737-300Aircraft type165 reports · 11.5% damage A-320Aircraft type151 reports · 6.0% damage A-319Aircraft type127 reports · 3.1% damage B-737-800Aircraft type103 reports · 5.8% damage B-737-7Aircraft type70 reports · 1.4% damage B-737-8Aircraft type60 reports · 10.0% damage EMB-170Aircraft type59 reports · 1.7% damage B-737-200Aircraft type51 reports · 19.6% damage B-757-200Aircraft type51 reports · 7.8% damage

All 27 published aircraft combinations

B-737-700 · 184 B-737-300 · 165 A-320 · 151 A-319 · 127 B-737-800 · 103 B-737-7 · 70 B-737-8 · 60 EMB-170 · 59 B-737-200 · 51 B-757-200 · 51 B-727-200 · 49 MD-82 · 46 B-737 · 42 B-737-500 · 37 A-321 · 36 B-737-900 · 28 MD-88 · 24 MD-80 · 24 MD-83 · 24 A-300 · 22 B-717-200 · 21 B-727 · 19 DC-9-30 · 18 CRJ700 · 16 CRJ900 · 15 B-737-400 · 13 EMB-190 · 13

07 / LA

Louie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt: other covered airports in Louisiana

Louie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt has 9 other published airport profiles in Louisiana; 8 appear in this state-context list.

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KBTRBaton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field732 reports KSHVShreveport Regional435 reports KLFTLafayette Regional405 reports KMLUMonroe Regional Arpt278 reports KNEWLakefront Airport177 reports KHUMHouma-Terrebonne Arpt53 reports KLCHLake Charles Regional52 reports KAEXAlexandria Intl46 reports