Laser Strikes on Aircraft Reported to the FAA, United States, 2021-2025 (by year, state, and city)

Aggregated from FAA laser-strike reports (54,722 reports, 2021-2025), compiled by FlightFinder, an aviation-safety database. Files: reports by year (with crew injuries), by state, and top cities per state. Interactive version: https://himaxym.com/safety/laser-strikes. Companion analysis of why a Sacramento suburb appears as the top U.S. city in this data: https://himaxym.com/stories/laser-strike-capital. Source data: U.S. government work (public domain). Compilation: CC BY 4.0 - please attribute "FlightFinder (himaxym.com)". Injury counts are as reported to the FAA.