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

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 Arpt

Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 Arpt (KPMD) has 24 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1996-11-07 through 2026-02-27; 9 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 4.2% of all reports.

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

All reports241990–export
2021–2025 reports9five complete years
Reported damage4.2%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rateNot availableno matching BTS denominator
01 / READ THE RECORD

Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 Arpt: 9 reports in 2021–2025

Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 Arpt filed 9 reports in 2021–2025, which was 4 more than the 5 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports14.2% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports14.2% of reports
Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$0only when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 Arpt: 2016–2025 reporting record

Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 Arpt has 7 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 14 filed reports in the annual series.

20163 reports · 0.0% damage
20171 reports · 0.0% damage
20201 reports · 100.0% damage
20211 reports · 0.0% damage
20232 reports · 0.0% damage
20245 reports · 0.0% damage
20251 reports · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 Arpt: reports by month

Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 Arpt has 9 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun2
Jul1
Aug1
Sep0
Oct0
Nov1
Dec3

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 Arpt: reports by flight phase

Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 Arpt has 8 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Take-off Run4 · 0.0% damage
Climb2 · 0.0% damage
Approach1 · 0.0% damage
Descent1 · 0.0% damage

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

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 Arpt: named wildlife

Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 Arpt has 1 published named-wildlife combinations representing 9 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

All 1 published wildlife combinations
Horned lark · 9
06 / AIRCRAFT

Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 Arpt: aircraft types in filed reports

Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 Arpt has no aircraft-type combination with enough filed reports to meet the publication threshold.

No aircraft combination met the publication threshold.

All 0 published aircraft combinations