KSDF / SDFKENTUCKY

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Muhammad Ali International

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KSDF, from 1990-01-19 through 2026-09-14. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports3,6111990–export

2021–2025 reports827five complete years

Reported damage3.8%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate682.3reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

827 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 119 more reports than 2016–2020 (708). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports1393.8% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports1223.4% of reports

Serious / destroyed16FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$3.7Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

2016110 reports · 5.5% damage

2017100 reports · 7.0% damage

2018161 reports · 3.7% damage

2019191 reports · 5.2% damage

2020146 reports · 3.4% damage

2021172 reports · 4.1% damage

2022173 reports · 2.3% damage

2023175 reports · 3.4% damage

2024150 reports · 1.3% damage

2025157 reports · 2.5% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan24

Feb20

Mar49

Apr55

May109

Jun57

Jul99

Aug116

Sep127

Oct101

Nov58

Dec12

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach378 · 4.0% damage

Climb78 · 7.7% damage

Landing Roll46 · 0.0% damage

Take-off Run44 · 4.5% damage

Departure11 · 0.0% damage

Descent9 · 0.0% damage

Local5 · 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.

European starlingFAA species ID YL001150 reports · 3.3% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O2205147 reports · 1.4% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K511490 reports · 1.1% damage Eastern meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT00178 reports · 1.3% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N511169 reports · 0.0% damage Red-tailed hawkFAA species ID K330263 reports · 0.0% damage HawksFAA species ID K3336 reports · 2.8% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI00532 reports · 0.0% damage MicrobatsFAA species ID 1C224 reports · 0.0% damage American robinFAA species ID Z600719 reports · 10.5% damage Rock pigeonFAA species ID O211118 reports · 5.6% damage SparrowsFAA species ID ZX315 reports · 0.0% damage

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

A-300Aircraft type765 reports · 4.8% damage B-767-300Aircraft type511 reports · 2.9% damage B-757-200Aircraft type371 reports · 5.9% damage MD-11Aircraft type313 reports · 4.2% damage EMB-170Aircraft type92 reports · 3.3% damage DC-8-70Aircraft type74 reports · 6.8% damage EMB-145Aircraft type64 reports · 3.1% damage B-737-700Aircraft type63 reports · 1.6% damage CRJ100/200Aircraft type56 reports · 1.8% damage B-727Aircraft type52 reports · 3.8% damage

07 / KY

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