KSEA / SEAWASHINGTON

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Seattle-Tacoma Intl

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KSEA, from 1990-04-30 through 2026-08-03. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports2,4221990–export

2021–2025 reports629five complete years

Reported damage5.2%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate75.1reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

629 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 93 more reports than 2016–2020 (536). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports1265.2% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports743.1% of reports

Serious / destroyed19FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$19.6Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

201687 reports · 3.4% damage

2017107 reports · 4.7% damage

2018123 reports · 4.1% damage

2019140 reports · 3.6% damage

202079 reports · 3.8% damage

2021121 reports · 5.8% damage

2022147 reports · 5.4% damage

2023117 reports · 4.3% damage

2024121 reports · 1.7% damage

2025123 reports · 7.3% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan23

Feb25

Mar46

Apr65

May66

Jun51

Jul61

Aug57

Sep73

Oct81

Nov54

Dec27

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach166 · 6.6% damage

Landing Roll87 · 8.0% damage

Climb47 · 12.8% damage

Take-off Run35 · 5.7% damage

Descent20 · 20.0% damage

Departure9 · 0.0% damage

Local5 · 0.0% damage

Arrival4 · 25.0% 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.

American barn owlFAA species ID R1101130 reports · 1.5% damage Savannah sparrowFAA species ID ZX303118 reports · 0.0% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K5114117 reports · 0.0% damage Red-tailed hawkFAA species ID K3302101 reports · 10.9% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI00596 reports · 0.0% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N511173 reports · 1.4% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL00167 reports · 3.0% damage MallardFAA species ID J210956 reports · 12.5% damage Glaucous-winged gullFAA species ID NE10652 reports · 9.6% damage American robinFAA species ID Z600752 reports · 3.8% damage GullsFAA species ID NE151 reports · 17.6% damage Western meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT00241 reports · 2.4% damage

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

B-737-900Aircraft type267 reports · 3.7% damage B-737-800Aircraft type239 reports · 6.7% damage DHC8 DASH 8Aircraft type165 reports · 10.3% damage EMB-170Aircraft type120 reports · 4.2% damage A-320Aircraft type107 reports · 8.4% damage B-737-700Aircraft type93 reports · 5.4% damage B-737-400Aircraft type74 reports · 10.8% damage A-321Aircraft type55 reports · 16.4% damage B-757-200Aircraft type49 reports · 10.2% damage B-737-300Aircraft type44 reports · 13.6% damage

07 / WA

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