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

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Hilton Head Island

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KHXD, from 1991-10-10 through 2026-07-20. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports771990–export
2021–2025 reports49five complete years
Reported damage3.9%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rateNot availableno matching BTS denominator
01 / READ THE RECORD

49 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 33 more reports than 2016–2020 (16). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports33.9% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports56.5% of reports
Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$634only when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

20165 reports · 0.0% damage
20171 reports · 0.0% damage
20182 reports · 0.0% damage
20191 reports · 0.0% damage
20207 reports · 0.0% damage
20218 reports · 0.0% damage
202211 reports · 0.0% damage
202319 reports · 5.3% damage
20243 reports · 0.0% damage
20258 reports · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan2
Feb0
Mar1
Apr2
May1
Jun9
Jul11
Aug10
Sep4
Oct1
Nov5
Dec3

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Landing Roll12 · 8.3% damage
Take-off Run11 · 0.0% damage
Approach4 · 0.0% damage
Departure1 · 0.0% damage
Local1 · 0.0% damage
Taxi1 · 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.