Wichita ? Bird strikes are among the issues being addressed by officials working on land-use planning for the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport.

The topic has been getting attention in the wake of a US Airways jet’s forced landing in New York’s Hudson River in January. The plane hit a flock of birds shortly after taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York.

But bird strikes happen more often than people might realize. Planes at the Wichita airport have hit birds at least 202 times since 1990.

A meeting Friday at the airport included representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Wichita and Sedgwick County officials are trying to come up with a comprehensive plan for land use around the airport.

Glenn Helm, program manager for the FAA’s central region, said landfills, wetlands, agriculture, golf courses, stormwater ponds and wastewater treatment centers attract birds. He said the FAA’s general rule is no such features should be within 5,000 to 10,000 feet of an airport.

Sedgwick County commissioners in November approved a permit for a pond on private property despite the Wichita Airport Authority’s warning about bird strikes. Commissioners Kelly Parks and Gwen Welshimer voted against the pond, while Tim Norton and Dave Unruh and former commissioner Tom Winters voted for it. The pond has not been built.

After the incident with the plane splash landing in New York, Parks called for a moratorium on ponds near the Wichita airport, but it hasn’t gone into effect.