KSNA / SNACALIFORNIA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

John Wayne-Orange County Arpt

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KSNA, from 1990-05-15 through 2026-07-21. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports7431990–export

2021–2025 reports185five complete years

Reported damage6.1%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate84.0reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

185 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 44 more reports than 2016–2020 (141). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports456.1% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports466.2% of reports

Serious / destroyed14FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$2.8Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

201637 reports · 2.7% damage

201728 reports · 3.6% damage

201828 reports · 0.0% damage

201929 reports · 0.0% damage

202019 reports · 0.0% damage

202146 reports · 2.2% damage

202235 reports · 2.9% damage

202338 reports · 7.9% damage

202433 reports · 3.0% damage

202533 reports · 9.1% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan8

Feb9

Mar9

Apr18

May24

Jun18

Jul17

Aug13

Sep18

Oct30

Nov15

Dec6

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach66 · 7.6% damage

Landing Roll41 · 4.9% damage

Take-off Run25 · 0.0% damage

Climb13 · 7.7% damage

Departure8 · 0.0% damage

Descent4 · 0.0% damage

Local2 · 50.0% damage

Arrival1 · 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.

American kestrelFAA species ID K511429 reports · 0.0% damage Western meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT00228 reports · 3.6% damage Rock pigeonFAA species ID O211127 reports · 14.8% damage Red-tailed hawkFAA species ID K330225 reports · 12.0% damage American barn owlFAA species ID R110123 reports · 4.3% damage Cliff swallowFAA species ID YI00917 reports · 0.0% damage American crowFAA species ID YM110217 reports · 0.0% damage Perching birds (y)FAA species ID Y12 reports · 8.3% damage GullsFAA species ID NE112 reports · 0.0% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N511111 reports · 9.1% damage White-throated swiftFAA species ID T100910 reports · 0.0% damage Horned larkFAA species ID YH0048 reports · 0.0% damage

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

B-737-700Aircraft type136 reports · 2.2% damage B-737-800Aircraft type78 reports · 7.7% damage B-757-200Aircraft type62 reports · 14.5% damage A-320Aircraft type44 reports · 6.8% damage B-737-7Aircraft type43 reports · 2.3% damage A-319Aircraft type40 reports · 2.5% damage B-737-300Aircraft type30 reports · 30.0% damage B-737-8Aircraft type22 reports · 9.1% damage EMB-170Aircraft type18 reports · 0.0% damage C-172Aircraft type15 reports · 0.0% damage

07 / CA

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