KCAE / CAESOUTH CAROLINA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Columbia Metro

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KCAE, from 1990-08-22 through 2026-07-19. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports4581990–export

2021–2025 reports143five complete years

Reported damage4.1%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate380.2reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

143 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 59 more reports than 2016–2020 (84). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports194.1% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports61.3% of reports

Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$1.0Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

201616 reports · 0.0% damage

201720 reports · 0.0% damage

201817 reports · 11.8% damage

201918 reports · 5.6% damage

202013 reports · 0.0% damage

202129 reports · 0.0% damage

202235 reports · 0.0% damage

202339 reports · 0.0% damage

202416 reports · 6.2% damage

202524 reports · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan7

Feb6

Mar14

Apr8

May17

Jun20

Jul19

Aug19

Sep12

Oct9

Nov7

Dec5

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach23 · 4.3% damage

Climb13 · 0.0% damage

Landing Roll12 · 0.0% damage

Take-off Run9 · 0.0% damage

Departure3 · 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.

KilldeerFAA species ID N511161 reports · 0.0% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O220540 reports · 0.0% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI00516 reports · 0.0% damage GullsFAA species ID NE113 reports · 7.7% damage SparrowsFAA species ID ZX312 reports · 8.3% damage DovesFAA species ID O2210 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 type63 reports · 3.2% damage EMB-145Aircraft type19 reports · 21.1% damage A-300Aircraft type18 reports · 0.0% damage B-717-200Aircraft type18 reports · 0.0% damage B-757-200Aircraft type14 reports · 14.3% damage CRJ700Aircraft type14 reports · 0.0% damage EMB-170Aircraft type13 reports · 0.0% damage

07 / SC

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