KPAE / PAEWASHINGTON

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Snohomish Co (Paine Field)

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KPAE, from 1990-04-17 through 2026-06-08. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports3081990–export

2021–2025 reports75five complete years

Reported damage5.2%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate939.7reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

75 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 2 fewer reports than 2016–2020 (77). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports165.2% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports72.3% of reports

Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$278Konly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

201620 reports · 0.0% damage

201711 reports · 18.2% damage

20188 reports · 0.0% damage

201926 reports · 7.7% damage

202012 reports · 0.0% damage

202120 reports · 0.0% damage

202216 reports · 0.0% damage

202311 reports · 9.1% damage

202415 reports · 13.3% damage

202513 reports · 7.7% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan5

Feb3

Mar1

Apr4

May5

Jun7

Jul14

Aug13

Sep11

Oct5

Nov5

Dec2

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach14 · 14.3% damage

Take-off Run12 · 0.0% damage

Landing Roll6 · 33.3% damage

Climb5 · 0.0% damage

Descent3 · 0.0% damage

Departure1 · 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.

Barn swallowFAA species ID YI00532 reports · 3.1% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K511424 reports · 0.0% damage Savannah sparrowFAA species ID ZX30323 reports · 0.0% damage Glaucous-winged gullFAA species ID NE10622 reports · 0.0% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N511112 reports · 0.0% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL00112 reports · 0.0% damage Violet-green swallowFAA species ID YI0119 reports · 0.0% damage American robinFAA species ID Z60079 reports · 0.0% damage

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

EMB-170Aircraft type24 reports · 12.5% damage C-172Aircraft type15 reports · 13.3% damage

07 / WA

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