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

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Santa Barbara Municipal

Santa Barbara Municipal (KSBA) has 912 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-03-31 through 2026-07-17; 222 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 4.7% of all reports.

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

All reports9121990–export
2021–2025 reports222five complete years
Reported damage4.7%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rate500.1reports / 100k covered departures
01 / READ THE RECORD

Santa Barbara Municipal: 222 reports in 2021–2025

Santa Barbara Municipal filed 222 reports in 2021–2025, which was 60 more than the 162 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports434.7% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports141.5% of reports
Serious / destroyed4FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$204Konly when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Santa Barbara Municipal: 2016–2025 reporting record

Santa Barbara Municipal has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 384 filed reports in the annual series.

201622 reports · 18.2% damage
201727 reports · 3.7% damage
201846 reports · 2.2% damage
201937 reports · 0.0% damage
202030 reports · 0.0% damage
202131 reports · 0.0% damage
202231 reports · 6.5% damage
202348 reports · 2.1% damage
202472 reports · 2.8% damage
202540 reports · 5.0% damage
03 / SEASON

Santa Barbara Municipal: reports by month

Santa Barbara Municipal has 222 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan14
Feb15
Mar17
Apr18
May31
Jun36
Jul29
Aug12
Sep8
Oct17
Nov13
Dec12

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Santa Barbara Municipal: reports by flight phase

Santa Barbara Municipal has 161 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Approach60 · 5.0% damage
Landing Roll40 · 2.5% damage
Take-off Run34 · 5.9% damage
Climb19 · 0.0% damage
Departure5 · 20.0% damage
Arrival2 · 0.0% damage
Local1 · 0.0% damage

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