KACK / ACKMASSACHUSETTS

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Nantucket Memorial

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KACK, from 1990-05-30 through 2026-07-22. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports1561990–export

2021–2025 reports54five complete years

Reported damage11.5%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate548.8reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

54 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 18 more reports than 2016–2020 (36). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports1811.5% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports85.1% of reports

Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$146Konly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

20166 reports · 16.7% damage

201710 reports · 0.0% damage

20188 reports · 12.5% damage

20197 reports · 14.3% damage

20205 reports · 0.0% damage

20215 reports · 0.0% damage

20227 reports · 0.0% damage

202311 reports · 0.0% damage

202421 reports · 9.5% damage

202510 reports · 20.0% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan1

Feb0

Mar2

Apr1

May8

Jun7

Jul10

Aug10

Sep4

Oct9

Nov0

Dec2

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Landing Roll16 · 0.0% damage

Approach7 · 14.3% damage

Take-off Run7 · 28.6% damage

Climb2 · 0.0% damage

Arrival1 · 0.0% damage

Departure1 · 100.0% 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.

Herring gullFAA species ID NE10128 reports · 0.0% damage GullsFAA species ID NE127 reports · 18.5% damage Great black-backed gullFAA species ID NE1089 reports · 11.1% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL0018 reports · 0.0% damage

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

C-402Aircraft type53 reports · 15.1% damage

07 / MA

Other covered airports in Massachusetts

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