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

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

New Bedford Regional Arpt

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KEWB, from 1990-05-14 through 2026-06-25. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports731990–export
2021–2025 reports34five complete years
Reported damage21.9%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rateNot availableno matching BTS denominator
01 / READ THE RECORD

34 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 29 more reports than 2016–2020 (5). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports1621.9% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports22.7% of reports
Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$714only when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

20171 reports · 0.0% damage
20181 reports · 0.0% damage
20192 reports · 0.0% damage
20201 reports · 0.0% damage
20212 reports · 50.0% damage
20239 reports · 0.0% damage
202414 reports · 7.1% damage
20259 reports · 22.2% damage
03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr3
May1
Jun4
Jul7
Aug3
Sep7
Oct5
Nov1
Dec2

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach11 · 27.3% damage
Landing Roll4 · 0.0% damage
Take-off Run4 · 25.0% damage
Climb1 · 0.0% damage
Departure1 · 0.0% damage
Local1 · 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.