KSLC / SLCUTAH

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Salt Lake City Intl

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KSLC, from 1990-07-07 through 2026-07-19. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports4,4691990–export

2021–2025 reports1,142five complete years

Reported damage8.5%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate181.5reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

1,142 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 253 more reports than 2016–2020 (889). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports3808.5% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports2225.0% of reports

Serious / destroyed68FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$31.4Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

2016176 reports · 6.2% damage

2017142 reports · 10.6% damage

2018236 reports · 6.4% damage

2019195 reports · 7.2% damage

2020140 reports · 5.0% damage

2021161 reports · 8.1% damage

2022216 reports · 5.1% damage

2023200 reports · 6.0% damage

2024323 reports · 5.0% damage

2025242 reports · 5.8% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan25

Feb16

Mar70

Apr63

May141

Jun157

Jul121

Aug179

Sep165

Oct130

Nov50

Dec25

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach353 · 11.9% damage

Landing Roll107 · 0.0% damage

Climb88 · 19.3% damage

Take-off Run67 · 4.5% damage

Departure26 · 0.0% damage

Descent21 · 14.3% damage

Arrival9 · 11.1% 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.

Horned larkFAA species ID YH004530 reports · 0.4% damage Cliff swallowFAA species ID YI009287 reports · 0.3% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K5114245 reports · 0.0% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI005176 reports · 0.0% damage Western meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT002104 reports · 0.0% damage American barn owlFAA species ID R110199 reports · 2.0% damage California gullFAA species ID NE12196 reports · 8.3% damage Western kingbirdFAA species ID Y900889 reports · 0.0% damage MallardFAA species ID J210985 reports · 24.7% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL00180 reports · 1.2% damage GullsFAA species ID NE160 reports · 31.7% damage House sparrowFAA species ID ZZ20160 reports · 0.0% damage

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

CRJ100/200Aircraft type319 reports · 16.6% damage A-320Aircraft type240 reports · 11.7% damage B-737-800Aircraft type224 reports · 9.8% damage A-321Aircraft type178 reports · 8.4% damage B-737-900Aircraft type176 reports · 11.9% damage EMB-170Aircraft type161 reports · 6.2% damage B-737-300Aircraft type157 reports · 26.1% damage B-757-200Aircraft type139 reports · 16.5% damage A-319Aircraft type136 reports · 11.0% damage CRJ700Aircraft type104 reports · 8.7% damage

07 / UT

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