KSLC / SLCUTAH

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Salt Lake City Intl

Salt Lake City Intl (KSLC) has 4,469 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-07-07 through 2026-07-19; 1,142 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 8.5% of all reports.

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

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

Salt Lake City Intl: 1,142 reports in 2021–2025

Salt Lake City Intl filed 1,142 reports in 2021–2025, which was 253 more than the 889 reports filed in 2016–2020.

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

Salt Lake City Intl: 2016–2025 reporting record

Salt Lake City Intl has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 2,031 filed reports in the annual series.

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

Salt Lake City Intl: reports by month

Salt Lake City Intl has 1,142 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan25

Feb16

Mar70

Apr63

May141

Jun157

Jul121

Aug179

Sep165

Oct130

Nov50

Dec25

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Salt Lake City Intl: reports by flight phase

Salt Lake City Intl has 677 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

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

Salt Lake City Intl: named wildlife

Salt Lake City Intl has 59 published named-wildlife combinations representing 2,933 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

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

All 59 published wildlife combinations

Horned lark · 530 Cliff swallow · 287 American kestrel · 245 Barn swallow · 176 Western meadowlark · 104 American barn owl · 99 California gull · 96 Western kingbird · 89 Mallard · 85 European starling · 80 Gulls · 60 House sparrow · 60 Swainson's hawk · 59 Bank swallow · 58 American coot · 51 Brazilian free-tailed bat · 47 Red-tailed hawk · 44 Northern shoveler · 34 Perching birds (y) · 33 Mourning dove · 32 Ducks · 31 White-headed gull complex · 28 Killdeer · 27 Northern pintail · 26 Gadwall · 25 Green-winged teal · 24 American robin · 24 Northern harrier · 23 Tree swallow · 22 Sparrows · 21 Franklin's gull · 21 Wilson's phalarope · 21 Swallows · 21 Short-eared owl · 20 Common nighthawk · 19 Rock pigeon · 19 Red fox · 18 Ferruginous hawk · 18 American wigeon · 18 Marsh wren · 18 Burrowing owl · 17 Ruddy duck · 16 Canada goose · 16 Rough-legged hawk · 15 Hermit thrush · 13 Microbats · 13 Ring-billed gull · 12 American white pelican · 12 American pipit · 12 Canvasback · 11 Striped skunk · 11 Chipping sparrow · 11 Brewer's sparrow · 10 Savannah sparrow · 9 Free-tailed bats · 9 White-crowned sparrow · 9 Virginia rail · 8 Blue-winged teal · 8 Hawks · 8

06 / AIRCRAFT

Salt Lake City Intl: aircraft types in filed reports

Salt Lake City Intl has 28 published aircraft-type combinations representing 2,561 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

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

All 28 published aircraft combinations

CRJ100/200 · 319 A-320 · 240 B-737-800 · 224 A-321 · 178 B-737-900 · 176 EMB-170 · 161 B-737-300 · 157 B-757-200 · 139 A-319 · 136 CRJ700 · 104 CRJ900 · 92 B-737-700 · 81 A-220 · 72 EMB-120 · 66 B-767-300 · 54 MD-90-30 · 47 B-737 · 40 B-737-7 · 40 B-727-200 · 35 MD-82 · 31 A-300 · 26 B-727 · 25 B-737-500 · 24 B-737-8 · 24 B-737-200 · 20 B-717-200 · 19 B-767 · 18 MD-83 · 13

07 / UT

Salt Lake City Intl: other covered airports in Utah

Salt Lake City Intl has 5 other published airport profiles in Utah; 5 appear in this state-context list.

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KPVUProvo Municipal Arpt184 reports U42South Valley Regional Arpt56 reports KOGDOgden-Hinckley Arpt33 reports KCDCCedar City Regional30 reports KLGULogan-Cache Arpt20 reports