FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
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AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Newark Liberty Intl Arpt

Newark Liberty Intl Arpt (KEWR) has 3,334 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-04-13 through 2026-07-19; 609 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 6.2% of all reports.

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

All reports3,3341990–export
2021–2025 reports609five complete years
Reported damage6.2%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rate93.4reports / 100k covered departures
01 / READ THE RECORD

Newark Liberty Intl Arpt: 609 reports in 2021–2025

Newark Liberty Intl Arpt filed 609 reports in 2021–2025, which was 32 fewer than the 641 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports2086.2% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports1644.9% of reports
Serious / destroyed44FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$27.6Monly when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Newark Liberty Intl Arpt: 2016–2025 reporting record

Newark Liberty Intl Arpt has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 1,250 filed reports in the annual series.

2016141 reports · 6.4% damage
2017151 reports · 6.0% damage
2018178 reports · 3.9% damage
2019119 reports · 5.0% damage
202052 reports · 3.8% damage
202172 reports · 4.2% damage
2022118 reports · 6.8% damage
2023153 reports · 3.9% damage
2024139 reports · 7.2% damage
2025127 reports · 9.4% damage
03 / SEASON

Newark Liberty Intl Arpt: reports by month

Newark Liberty Intl Arpt has 609 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan21
Feb19
Mar31
Apr51
May83
Jun15
Jul30
Aug52
Sep81
Oct125
Nov74
Dec27

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Newark Liberty Intl Arpt: reports by flight phase

Newark Liberty Intl Arpt has 485 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Approach353 · 8.8% damage
Climb39 · 7.7% damage
Landing Roll34 · 0.0% damage
Arrival17 · 11.8% damage
Take-off Run16 · 6.2% damage
Departure15 · 0.0% damage
Descent10 · 20.0% damage
Taxi1 · 0.0% damage

Phase counts use 2021–2025 reports with a supplied phase.

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

Newark Liberty Intl Arpt: named wildlife

Newark Liberty Intl Arpt has 50 published named-wildlife combinations representing 1,669 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

All 50 published wildlife combinations
American kestrel · 160Gulls · 145American robin · 106European starling · 104Herring gull · 75Canada goose · 69Ring-billed gull · 66Barn swallow · 62Rock pigeon · 62White-throated sparrow · 47Gray catbird · 41Perching birds (y) · 40Chimney swift · 39White-headed gull complex · 38Mourning dove · 37American woodcock · 36Red-tailed hawk · 33Hermit thrush · 33Sparrows · 32Killdeer · 30Horned lark · 24Dark-eyed junco · 24Northern flicker · 23Osprey · 21Yellow-rumped warbler · 21Mallard · 19Song sparrow · 18American barn owl · 17Swamp sparrow · 17Eastern cottontail · 17Snowy owl · 15Swainson's thrush · 14Eastern red bat · 14Yellow-bellied sapsucker · 14Ducks · 13Hawks · 12Cedar waxwing · 12Hoary bat · 11Red-eyed vireo · 11Common yellowthroat · 11Savannah sparrow · 11Red-winged blackbird · 10Great black-backed gull · 9Peregrine falcon · 8Least sandpiper · 8Common nighthawk · 8Owls · 8Ruby-crowned kinglet · 8Ovenbird · 8Blackpoll warbler · 8
07 / NJ

Newark Liberty Intl Arpt: other covered airports in New Jersey

Newark Liberty Intl Arpt has 7 other published airport profiles in New Jersey; 7 appear in this state-context list.

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