KAVL / AVLNORTH CAROLINA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Asheville Regional Arpt

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KAVL, from 1990-10-29 through 2026-07-24. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports4711990–export

2021–2025 reports186five complete years

Reported damage4.0%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate511.2reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

186 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 52 more reports than 2016–2020 (134). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports194.0% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports81.7% of reports

Serious / destroyed4FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$1.3Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

201618 reports · 0.0% damage

201717 reports · 0.0% damage

201813 reports · 0.0% damage

201968 reports · 2.9% damage

202018 reports · 11.1% damage

202137 reports · 0.0% damage

202237 reports · 0.0% damage

202334 reports · 0.0% damage

202423 reports · 0.0% damage

202555 reports · 3.6% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan4

Feb1

Mar10

Apr8

May15

Jun11

Jul39

Aug22

Sep17

Oct44

Nov8

Dec7

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach63 · 0.0% damage

Take-off Run26 · 0.0% damage

Landing Roll22 · 4.5% damage

Climb13 · 7.7% damage

Departure7 · 0.0% damage

Local3 · 0.0% damage

Arrival1 · 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.

SwallowsFAA species ID YI19 reports · 0.0% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI00519 reports · 0.0% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N511117 reports · 0.0% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL00112 reports · 0.0% damage SparrowsFAA species ID ZX311 reports · 0.0% damage

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

CRJ100/200Aircraft type94 reports · 5.3% damage A-320Aircraft type59 reports · 1.7% damage CRJ900Aircraft type38 reports · 2.6% damage EMB-170Aircraft type32 reports · 0.0% damage B-717-200Aircraft type25 reports · 0.0% damage EMB-145Aircraft type20 reports · 0.0% damage A-319Aircraft type19 reports · 0.0% damage CRJ700Aircraft type14 reports · 7.1% damage

07 / NC

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