FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
KCDW / CDWNEW JERSEY

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Essex County Airport

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KCDW, from 1991-10-23 through 2026-04-27. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports561990–export
2021–2025 reports8five complete years
Reported damage28.6%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rateNot availableno matching BTS denominator
01 / READ THE RECORD

8 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 7 more reports than 2016–2020 (1). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports1628.6% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports11.8% of reports
Serious / destroyed5FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$161Konly when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

20171 reports · 0.0% damage
20221 reports · 0.0% damage
20231 reports · 0.0% damage
20245 reports · 20.0% damage
20251 reports · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun2
Jul1
Aug1
Sep1
Oct0
Nov1
Dec1

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach5 · 0.0% damage
Climb1 · 0.0% damage
Departure1 · 0.0% damage
Local1 · 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.

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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