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

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Palo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara County

Palo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara County (KPAO) has 174 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-05-16 through 2026-06-07; 46 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 15.5% of all reports.

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

All reports1741990–export
2021–2025 reports46five complete years
Reported damage15.5%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rateNot availableno matching BTS denominator
01 / READ THE RECORD

Palo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara County: 46 reports in 2021–2025

Palo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara County filed 46 reports in 2021–2025, which was 15 more than the 31 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports2715.5% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports00.0% of reports
Serious / destroyed2FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$73Konly when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Palo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara County: 2016–2025 reporting record

Palo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara County has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 77 filed reports in the annual series.

20168 reports · 0.0% damage
20173 reports · 0.0% damage
20185 reports · 40.0% damage
201910 reports · 10.0% damage
20205 reports · 40.0% damage
20217 reports · 0.0% damage
20227 reports · 28.6% damage
202313 reports · 15.4% damage
20246 reports · 16.7% damage
202513 reports · 7.7% damage
03 / SEASON

Palo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara County: reports by month

Palo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara County has 46 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan4
Feb5
Mar4
Apr5
May8
Jun5
Jul5
Aug1
Sep2
Oct1
Nov3
Dec3

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Palo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara County: reports by flight phase

Palo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara County has 38 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Approach18 · 16.7% damage
Landing Roll9 · 0.0% damage
Take-off Run6 · 16.7% damage
Climb2 · 50.0% damage
Local2 · 50.0% damage
Departure1 · 0.0% damage

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

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

Palo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara County: named wildlife

Palo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara County has 2 published named-wildlife combinations representing 68 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

All 2 published wildlife combinations
Gulls · 50Canada goose · 18
06 / AIRCRAFT

Palo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara County: aircraft types in filed reports

Palo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara County has 4 published aircraft-type combinations representing 88 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

All 4 published aircraft combinations
C-172 · 41C-152 · 17CIRRUS SR 20/22 · 17PA-28 · 13