KSMF / SMFCALIFORNIA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Sacramento Intl

Sacramento Intl (KSMF) has 4,496 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-02-14 through 2026-09-14; 995 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 11.0% of all reports.

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

All reports4,4961990–export

2021–2025 reports995five complete years

Reported damage11.0%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate608.2reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

Sacramento Intl: 995 reports in 2021–2025

Sacramento Intl filed 995 reports in 2021–2025, which was 348 more than the 647 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports49311.0% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports3387.5% of reports

Serious / destroyed89FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$12.0Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Sacramento Intl: 2016–2025 reporting record

Sacramento Intl has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 1,642 filed reports in the annual series.

2016122 reports · 7.4% damage

2017146 reports · 10.3% damage

2018153 reports · 7.8% damage

2019143 reports · 9.1% damage

202083 reports · 18.1% damage

2021109 reports · 8.3% damage

2022109 reports · 8.3% damage

2023208 reports · 7.7% damage

2024257 reports · 4.3% damage

2025312 reports · 7.7% damage

03 / SEASON

Sacramento Intl: reports by month

Sacramento Intl has 995 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan51

Feb27

Mar26

Apr72

May88

Jun110

Jul116

Aug119

Sep62

Oct70

Nov103

Dec151

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Sacramento Intl: reports by flight phase

Sacramento Intl has 924 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Approach547 · 6.0% damage

Climb112 · 17.9% damage

Landing Roll109 · 4.6% damage

Take-off Run92 · 3.3% damage

Departure31 · 3.2% damage

Descent19 · 31.6% damage

Arrival9 · 11.1% damage

Local5 · 0.0% damage

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

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

Sacramento Intl: named wildlife

Sacramento Intl has 49 published named-wildlife combinations representing 1,919 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

Cliff swallowFAA species ID YI009341 reports · 0.0% damage Brazilian free-tailed batFAA species ID 1C2201163 reports · 0.6% damage Northern pintailFAA species ID J2104152 reports · 42.1% damage Western meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT002101 reports · 4.0% damage American barn owlFAA species ID R110187 reports · 2.3% damage DucksFAA species ID J2174 reports · 35.1% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI00567 reports · 1.5% damage Greater white-fronted gooseFAA species ID J221065 reports · 66.2% damage American pipitFAA species ID ZC20451 reports · 0.0% damage GeeseFAA species ID J2245 reports · 35.6% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL00140 reports · 2.5% damage GullsFAA species ID NE140 reports · 22.5% damage

All 49 published wildlife combinations

Cliff swallow · 341 Brazilian free-tailed bat · 163 Northern pintail · 152 Western meadowlark · 101 American barn owl · 87 Ducks · 74 Barn swallow · 67 Greater white-fronted goose · 65 American pipit · 51 Geese · 45 European starling · 40 Gulls · 40 Horned lark · 40 Sparrows · 40 Swainson's hawk · 37 Red-tailed hawk · 35 Savannah sparrow · 32 Mallard · 30 Rock pigeon · 28 American wigeon · 26 Northern shoveler · 25 Green-winged teal · 24 Perching birds (y) · 24 Swallows · 24 Snow goose · 21 Black-tailed jackrabbit · 18 American kestrel · 18 Mourning dove · 17 Free-tailed bats · 17 American coot · 16 Blackbirds · 16 Ducks, geese, swans · 15 White-/golden-crown sparrow complex · 15 Western kingbird · 15 Killdeer · 15 House finch · 14 California gull · 13 Great horned owl · 13 Red-winged blackbird · 11 Snow goose/Ross's goose complex · 11 Hawks · 11 Yellow-rumped warbler · 11 Ring-billed gull · 10 Gadwall · 9 Canada goose · 9 American crow · 9 Striped skunk · 8 Canvasback · 8 Western tanager · 8

06 / AIRCRAFT

Sacramento Intl: aircraft types in filed reports

Sacramento Intl has 36 published aircraft-type combinations representing 4,068 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

B-737-700Aircraft type601 reports · 8.8% damage B-737-300Aircraft type543 reports · 15.8% damage A-320Aircraft type355 reports · 9.6% damage B-737-800Aircraft type329 reports · 5.5% damage B-737-7Aircraft type243 reports · 10.7% damage EMB-170Aircraft type206 reports · 7.3% damage B-737-8Aircraft type181 reports · 5.5% damage A-321Aircraft type171 reports · 7.0% damage A-319Aircraft type148 reports · 10.8% damage B-737-900Aircraft type139 reports · 6.5% damage

All 36 published aircraft combinations

B-737-700 · 601 B-737-300 · 543 A-320 · 355 B-737-800 · 329 B-737-7 · 243 EMB-170 · 206 B-737-8 · 181 A-321 · 171 A-319 · 148 B-737-900 · 139 B-737 · 120 CRJ100/200 · 111 CRJ700 · 90 B-767-300 · 80 EMB-120 · 76 B-757-200 · 74 C-208 · 68 MD-82 · 56 B-737-500 · 54 MD-83 · 53 DHC8 DASH 8 · 46 MD-80 · 39 CRJ900 · 34 B-737-400 · 29 BA-31 JETSTR · 26 B-727-200 · 25 B-737-9 · 25 DC-10-30 · 23 A-330 · 20 B-737-200 · 18 MD-11 · 17 A-220 · 15 DC-10 · 15 FOKKER F28 MK 4000 · 14 A-318 · 12 DC-10-10 · 12

07 / CA

Sacramento Intl: other covered airports in California

Sacramento Intl has 58 other published airport profiles in California; 8 appear in this state-context list.

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KLAXLos Angeles Intl3,177 reports KSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt2,738 reports KSJCNorman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl Arpt2,090 reports KOAKMetro Oakland Intl2,004 reports KONTOntario Intl Arpt1,313 reports KLGBLong Beach-Daugh Fld1,084 reports KSBASanta Barbara Municipal912 reports KSANSan Diego Intl908 reports