KSTL / STLMISSOURI

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Lambert-St Louis Intl

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KSTL, from 1990-03-22 through 2026-07-20. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports2,0761990–export

2021–2025 reports590five complete years

Reported damage6.2%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate253.8reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

590 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 170 more reports than 2016–2020 (420). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports1286.2% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports1014.9% of reports

Serious / destroyed22FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$3.7Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

201666 reports · 7.6% damage

201783 reports · 7.2% damage

2018108 reports · 5.6% damage

2019115 reports · 2.6% damage

202048 reports · 6.2% damage

202181 reports · 2.5% damage

2022116 reports · 0.0% damage

2023116 reports · 4.3% damage

2024116 reports · 1.7% damage

2025161 reports · 1.9% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan11

Feb10

Mar26

Apr27

May70

Jun43

Jul60

Aug90

Sep100

Oct89

Nov46

Dec18

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach278 · 2.9% damage

Landing Roll112 · 0.0% damage

Climb92 · 3.3% damage

Take-off Run63 · 1.6% damage

Departure15 · 0.0% damage

Descent11 · 0.0% damage

Taxi5 · 0.0% damage

Local2 · 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.

Mourning doveFAA species ID O2205136 reports · 3.7% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI00575 reports · 0.0% damage Red-tailed hawkFAA species ID K330265 reports · 18.5% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL00157 reports · 3.5% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K511441 reports · 0.0% damage American robinFAA species ID Z600731 reports · 3.2% damage SparrowsFAA species ID ZX328 reports · 10.7% damage Chimney swiftFAA species ID T100227 reports · 0.0% damage BlackbirdsFAA species ID ZT126 reports · 7.7% damage HawksFAA species ID K3322 reports · 9.1% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N511119 reports · 0.0% damage Eastern meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT00115 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 type280 reports · 6.8% damage B-737-300Aircraft type187 reports · 7.5% damage B-737-800Aircraft type178 reports · 3.4% damage B-737-8Aircraft type155 reports · 2.6% damage B-737-7Aircraft type130 reports · 3.1% damage A-319Aircraft type116 reports · 3.4% damage MD-83Aircraft type74 reports · 10.8% damage EMB-145Aircraft type69 reports · 7.2% damage MD-82Aircraft type63 reports · 11.1% damage EMB-170Aircraft type61 reports · 3.3% damage

07 / MO

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