KRAP / RAPSOUTH DAKOTA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Rapid City Regional

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KRAP, from 1990-04-26 through 2026-07-21. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports3381990–export

2021–2025 reports138five complete years

Reported damage1.5%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate395.6reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

138 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 56 more reports than 2016–2020 (82). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports51.5% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports20.6% of reports

Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$3Konly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

201621 reports · 0.0% damage

201719 reports · 0.0% damage

20186 reports · 0.0% damage

201923 reports · 0.0% damage

202013 reports · 0.0% damage

202130 reports · 0.0% damage

202234 reports · 0.0% damage

202313 reports · 0.0% damage

202443 reports · 0.0% damage

202518 reports · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan1

Feb1

Mar1

Apr4

May12

Jun22

Jul33

Aug27

Sep30

Oct5

Nov1

Dec1

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Landing Roll19 · 0.0% damage

Approach14 · 0.0% damage

Take-off Run7 · 0.0% damage

Descent2 · 0.0% damage

Climb1 · 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.

Western meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT00258 reports · 0.0% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N511136 reports · 0.0% damage Horned larkFAA species ID YH00434 reports · 0.0% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O220533 reports · 0.0% damage SparrowsFAA species ID ZX315 reports · 0.0% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL00114 reports · 0.0% damage Lark sparrowFAA species ID ZX3088 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 type29 reports · 3.4% damage CRJ100/200Aircraft type27 reports · 0.0% damage

07 / SD

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