AIRPORT × WILDLIFE

Turkey vulture reports at KFLL

The FAA database contains 84 filed reports pairing Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl (KFLL) with Turkey vulture; damage was indicated in 27.4% and engine ingestion in 11.9%. This count is not a future-event probability.

Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026

Filed reports841990–export

Damage indicated2327.4% of reports

Engine ingestion1011.9% of reports

Latest report2026-03-02in this aggregate

01 / CONTEXT

Turkey vulture reports at KFLL: 84 paired reports in the FAA file

Turkey vulture reports at KFLL contains 84 filed reports; 23 indicate damage and 10 record engine ingestion, while the national Turkey vulture parent contains 1,189 reports.

AIRPORTKFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl WILDLIFETurkey vulture1,189 reports nationally

WHY THERE IS NO RISK GRADE

FAA reporting is voluntary, reporting intensity varies, and this pairing has no flight-exposure denominator. Runway Wildlife keeps counts and conditional damage shares separate.