02 / YEAR LOG
Columbia Metro: 2016–2025 reporting record
Columbia Metro has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 227 filed reports in the annual series.
KCAE / CAESOUTH CAROLINA
AIRPORT REPORT LOG
Columbia Metro
Columbia Metro (KCAE) has 458 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-08-22 through 2026-07-19; 143 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 4.1% of all reports.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Voluntary-report cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
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
Columbia Metro: 143 reports in 2021–2025
Columbia Metro filed 143 reports in 2021–2025, which was 59 more than the 84 reports filed in 2016–2020.
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
03 / SEASON
Columbia Metro: reports by month
Columbia Metro has 143 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.
Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.
04 / FLIGHT PHASE
Columbia Metro: reports by flight phase
Columbia Metro has 61 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.
Phase counts use 2021–2025 reports with a supplied phase.
05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE
Columbia Metro: named wildlife
Columbia Metro has 6 published named-wildlife combinations representing 152 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.
KilldeerFAA species ID N511161 reports · 0.0% damageMourning doveFAA species ID O220540 reports · 0.0% damageBarn swallowFAA species ID YI00516 reports · 0.0% damageGullsFAA species ID NE113 reports · 7.7% damageSparrowsFAA species ID ZX312 reports · 8.3% damageDovesFAA species ID O2210 reports · 0.0% damage
All 6 published wildlife combinations
06 / AIRCRAFT
Columbia Metro: aircraft types in filed reports
Columbia Metro has 7 published aircraft-type combinations representing 159 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.
CRJ100/200Aircraft type63 reports · 3.2% damageEMB-145Aircraft type19 reports · 21.1% damageA-300Aircraft type18 reports · 0.0% damageB-717-200Aircraft type18 reports · 0.0% damageB-757-200Aircraft type14 reports · 14.3% damageCRJ700Aircraft type14 reports · 0.0% damageEMB-170Aircraft type13 reports · 0.0% damage
All 7 published aircraft combinations
07 / SC
Open state record →Columbia Metro: other covered airports in South Carolina
Columbia Metro has 8 other published airport profiles in South Carolina; 8 appear in this state-context list.