KCHS / CHSSOUTH CAROLINA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Charleston Afb/Intl Arpt

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KCHS, from 1990-07-06 through 2026-07-22. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports1,0341990–export

2021–2025 reports462five complete years

Reported damage3.0%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate424.7reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

462 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 151 more reports than 2016–2020 (311). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports313.0% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports313.0% of reports

Serious / destroyed7FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$260Konly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

201638 reports · 0.0% damage

201746 reports · 6.5% damage

201873 reports · 4.1% damage

201997 reports · 1.0% damage

202057 reports · 0.0% damage

202190 reports · 0.0% damage

2022102 reports · 2.9% damage

202381 reports · 2.5% damage

202479 reports · 2.5% damage

2025110 reports · 0.9% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan8

Feb8

Mar25

Apr43

May22

Jun48

Jul73

Aug63

Sep55

Oct70

Nov30

Dec17

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach96 · 4.2% damage

Landing Roll48 · 2.1% damage

Take-off Run45 · 2.2% damage

Climb32 · 3.1% damage

Departure17 · 5.9% damage

Descent4 · 0.0% damage

Arrival2 · 0.0% damage

Local2 · 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.

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

EMB-170Aircraft type63 reports · 1.6% damage CRJ900Aircraft type47 reports · 4.3% damage A-319Aircraft type44 reports · 4.5% damage B-737-700Aircraft type44 reports · 4.5% damage B-737-800Aircraft type38 reports · 5.3% damage A-320Aircraft type38 reports · 5.3% damage A-220Aircraft type28 reports · 0.0% damage CRJ700Aircraft type27 reports · 0.0% damage EMB-145Aircraft type27 reports · 3.7% damage EMB-190Aircraft type27 reports · 3.7% damage

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