KSAN / SANCALIFORNIA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

San Diego Intl

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KSAN, from 1990-03-25 through 2026-07-13. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports9081990–export

2021–2025 reports195five complete years

Reported damage4.3%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate66.2reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

195 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 58 more reports than 2016–2020 (137). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports394.3% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports374.1% of reports

Serious / destroyed11FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$893Konly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

201637 reports · 2.7% damage

201729 reports · 3.4% damage

201823 reports · 8.7% damage

201926 reports · 0.0% damage

202022 reports · 4.5% damage

202128 reports · 3.6% damage

202231 reports · 9.7% damage

202340 reports · 5.0% damage

202446 reports · 2.2% damage

202550 reports · 4.0% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan6

Feb5

Mar13

Apr17

May28

Jun11

Jul18

Aug23

Sep26

Oct19

Nov18

Dec11

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach96 · 5.2% damage

Climb18 · 11.1% damage

Take-off Run11 · 9.1% damage

Departure7 · 0.0% damage

Landing Roll7 · 14.3% damage

Descent4 · 0.0% damage

Local3 · 0.0% damage

Taxi1 · 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.

GullsFAA species ID NE1109 reports · 8.3% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O220551 reports · 0.0% damage Western gullFAA species ID NE12050 reports · 8.0% damage Rock pigeonFAA species ID O211126 reports · 0.0% damage SparrowsFAA species ID ZX321 reports · 0.0% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N511115 reports · 0.0% damage DovesFAA species ID O2211 reports · 0.0% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL00111 reports · 0.0% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K51149 reports · 0.0% damage

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

B-737-700Aircraft type88 reports · 2.3% damage B-737-300Aircraft type61 reports · 8.2% damage B-737-800Aircraft type57 reports · 5.3% damage A-321Aircraft type47 reports · 2.1% damage A-320Aircraft type40 reports · 10.0% damage B-737-7Aircraft type35 reports · 0.0% damage B-737-8Aircraft type30 reports · 3.3% damage EMB-170Aircraft type25 reports · 4.0% damage B-757-200Aircraft type24 reports · 20.8% damage B-737-900Aircraft type21 reports · 9.5% damage

07 / CA

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