PHOENIX — Laser lights have been shined at aircrafts more than 300 times in Arizona so far in 2025, officials said.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Grand Canyon state was included in its outreach for its Laser Enforcement Month. In the outreach, Law Enforcement Assistance Program (LEAP) agents provided training and partnered with local, state and federal law enforcement to combat the laser strikes.

Arizona was fourth on the list for states the saw the most amount of laser strikes with 311 strikes.

The state with the highest number of laser strikes was California with 697.

Last year, pilots reported 12,840 laser strikes to the FAA and 550 of those were in Arizona. That number was down 3% from 2023.

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