KPBI / PBIFLORIDA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Palm Beach Intl

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KPBI, from 1990-06-23 through 2026-07-18. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports7881990–export

2021–2025 reports289five complete years

Reported damage8.6%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate309.3reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

289 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 96 more reports than 2016–2020 (193). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports688.6% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports445.6% of reports

Serious / destroyed15FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$13.2Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

201658 reports · 6.9% damage

201723 reports · 8.7% damage

201843 reports · 11.6% damage

201946 reports · 4.3% damage

202023 reports · 0.0% damage

202143 reports · 7.0% damage

202245 reports · 2.2% damage

202362 reports · 4.8% damage

202458 reports · 3.4% damage

202581 reports · 3.7% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan15

Feb16

Mar14

Apr16

May13

Jun19

Jul11

Aug53

Sep45

Oct38

Nov28

Dec21

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach67 · 7.5% damage

Landing Roll48 · 2.1% damage

Take-off Run37 · 2.7% damage

Climb32 · 15.6% damage

Departure7 · 0.0% damage

Local4 · 0.0% damage

Arrival3 · 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.

Western cattle egretFAA species ID I130163 reports · 4.8% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI00549 reports · 0.0% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K511431 reports · 0.0% damage Turkey vultureFAA species ID K100223 reports · 47.8% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O220521 reports · 0.0% damage Burrowing owlFAA species ID R200820 reports · 0.0% damage GullsFAA species ID NE118 reports · 5.6% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N511116 reports · 0.0% damage EgretsFAA species ID I1314 reports · 21.4% damage New World vulturesFAA species ID K111 reports · 45.5% damage SparrowsFAA species ID ZX311 reports · 0.0% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL00111 reports · 0.0% damage

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

A report count does not supply an exposure denominator by aircraft type.

A-320Aircraft type117 reports · 5.1% damage A-321Aircraft type61 reports · 4.9% damage B-737-800Aircraft type40 reports · 5.0% damage A-319Aircraft type28 reports · 7.1% damage B-737-400Aircraft type23 reports · 13.0% damage EMB-190Aircraft type20 reports · 5.0% damage B-737-700Aircraft type20 reports · 10.0% damage B-757-200Aircraft type20 reports · 10.0% damage MD-88Aircraft type16 reports · 6.2% damage B-737-900Aircraft type15 reports · 6.7% damage

07 / FL

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