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

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Wilmington Intl

Wilmington Intl (KILM) has 530 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1991-06-26 through 2026-07-15; 181 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 3.4% of all reports.

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

All reports5301990–export
2021–2025 reports181five complete years
Reported damage3.4%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rate318.3reports / 100k covered departures
01 / READ THE RECORD

Wilmington Intl: 181 reports in 2021–2025

Wilmington Intl filed 181 reports in 2021–2025, which was 73 more than the 108 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports183.4% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports163.0% of reports
Serious / destroyed3FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$156Konly when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Wilmington Intl: 2016–2025 reporting record

Wilmington Intl has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 289 filed reports in the annual series.

201622 reports · 4.5% damage
201713 reports · 0.0% damage
201819 reports · 10.5% damage
201929 reports · 0.0% damage
202025 reports · 0.0% damage
202135 reports · 0.0% damage
202234 reports · 0.0% damage
202345 reports · 4.4% damage
202444 reports · 0.0% damage
202523 reports · 8.7% damage
03 / SEASON

Wilmington Intl: reports by month

Wilmington Intl has 181 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan4
Feb5
Mar12
Apr11
May6
Jun11
Jul27
Aug25
Sep20
Oct33
Nov18
Dec9

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Wilmington Intl: reports by flight phase

Wilmington Intl has 112 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Approach41 · 2.4% damage
Landing Roll24 · 0.0% damage
Take-off Run17 · 0.0% damage
Descent14 · 0.0% damage
Climb13 · 23.1% damage
Departure1 · 0.0% damage
Local1 · 0.0% damage
Taxi1 · 0.0% damage

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