FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
KCHS / CHSSOUTH CAROLINA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Charleston Afb/Intl Arpt

Charleston Afb/Intl Arpt (KCHS) has 1,034 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-07-06 through 2026-07-22; 462 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 3.0% of all reports.

Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Voluntary-report cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026

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

Charleston Afb/Intl Arpt: 462 reports in 2021–2025

Charleston Afb/Intl Arpt filed 462 reports in 2021–2025, which was 151 more than the 311 reports filed in 2016–2020.

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

Charleston Afb/Intl Arpt: 2016–2025 reporting record

Charleston Afb/Intl Arpt has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 773 filed reports in the annual series.

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

Charleston Afb/Intl Arpt: reports by month

Charleston Afb/Intl Arpt has 462 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan8
Feb8
Mar25
Apr43
May22
Jun48
Jul73
Aug63
Sep55
Oct70
Nov30
Dec17

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Charleston Afb/Intl Arpt: reports by flight phase

Charleston Afb/Intl Arpt has 246 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

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.