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

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

New Castle County

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KILG, from 1991-04-22 through 2026-07-06. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports1931990–export
2021–2025 reports26five complete years
Reported damage13.0%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rateNot availableno matching BTS denominator
01 / READ THE RECORD

26 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 15 fewer reports than 2016–2020 (41). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports2513.0% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports84.1% of reports
Serious / destroyed3FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$3.0Monly when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

20168 reports · 0.0% damage
20178 reports · 25.0% damage
201811 reports · 0.0% damage
20195 reports · 20.0% damage
20209 reports · 11.1% damage
20219 reports · 11.1% damage
20221 reports · 100.0% damage
20234 reports · 0.0% damage
20246 reports · 16.7% damage
20256 reports · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan2
Feb1
Mar0
Apr6
May1
Jun1
Jul2
Aug3
Sep4
Oct2
Nov1
Dec3

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach9 · 11.1% damage
Landing Roll6 · 16.7% damage
Climb3 · 33.3% damage
Take-off Run1 · 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.

No aircraft combination met the publication threshold.

07 / DE

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