KPHL / PHLPENNSYLVANIA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Philadelphia Intl

Philadelphia Intl (KPHL) has 3,230 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-05-25 through 2026-07-17; 504 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 6.4% of all reports.

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

All reports3,2301990–export

2021–2025 reports504five complete years

Reported damage6.4%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate112.2reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

Philadelphia Intl: 504 reports in 2021–2025

Philadelphia Intl filed 504 reports in 2021–2025, which was 93 fewer than the 597 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports2076.4% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports1263.9% of reports

Serious / destroyed50FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$11.2Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Philadelphia Intl: 2016–2025 reporting record

Philadelphia Intl has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 1,101 filed reports in the annual series.

2016126 reports · 6.3% damage

2017135 reports · 2.2% damage

2018135 reports · 5.2% damage

2019127 reports · 5.5% damage

202074 reports · 6.8% damage

2021106 reports · 3.8% damage

202284 reports · 1.2% damage

202393 reports · 3.2% damage

2024107 reports · 1.9% damage

2025114 reports · 7.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Philadelphia Intl: reports by month

Philadelphia Intl has 504 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan16

Feb12

Mar24

Apr39

May40

Jun33

Jul45

Aug67

Sep70

Oct99

Nov40

Dec19

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Philadelphia Intl: reports by flight phase

Philadelphia Intl has 500 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Approach305 · 4.6% damage

Climb81 · 3.7% damage

Take-off Run46 · 2.2% damage

Landing Roll41 · 0.0% damage

Departure19 · 0.0% damage

Descent3 · 0.0% damage

Local3 · 0.0% damage

Arrival2 · 0.0% damage

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

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

Philadelphia Intl: named wildlife

Philadelphia Intl has 31 published named-wildlife combinations representing 1,366 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

European starlingFAA species ID YL001231 reports · 2.2% damage GullsFAA species ID NE1209 reports · 12.4% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K5114105 reports · 2.9% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI005104 reports · 0.0% damage Tree swallowFAA species ID YI010102 reports · 1.0% damage Ring-billed gullFAA species ID NE10466 reports · 6.1% damage Canada gooseFAA species ID J220465 reports · 52.3% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O220551 reports · 5.9% damage Brown-headed cowbirdFAA species ID ZT10439 reports · 0.0% damage Red-winged blackbirdFAA species ID ZT10139 reports · 2.6% damage SparrowsFAA species ID ZX337 reports · 0.0% damage American robinFAA species ID Z600736 reports · 5.6% damage

All 31 published wildlife combinations

European starling · 231 Gulls · 209 American kestrel · 105 Barn swallow · 104 Tree swallow · 102 Ring-billed gull · 66 Canada goose · 65 Mourning dove · 51 Brown-headed cowbird · 39 Red-winged blackbird · 39 Sparrows · 37 American robin · 36 Horned lark · 36 Great blue heron · 22 Red fox · 20 Blackbirds · 20 Rock pigeon · 20 Geese · 19 Ducks · 17 Big brown bat · 16 Mallard · 15 Chimney swift · 13 Killdeer · 12 Bald eagle · 10 Bank swallow · 10 Red-tailed hawk · 10 Hawks · 9 Northern rough-winged swallow · 9 Common snapping turtle · 8 Herring gull · 8 Laughing gull · 8

06 / AIRCRAFT

Philadelphia Intl: aircraft types in filed reports

Philadelphia Intl has 35 published aircraft-type combinations representing 2,613 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

A-321Aircraft type314 reports · 6.4% damage CRJ100/200Aircraft type274 reports · 5.5% damage A-320Aircraft type244 reports · 4.5% damage A-319Aircraft type218 reports · 3.2% damage EMB-170Aircraft type172 reports · 4.1% damage B-757-200Aircraft type167 reports · 9.6% damage B-737-300Aircraft type132 reports · 15.9% damage EMB-145Aircraft type114 reports · 3.5% damage B-737-800Aircraft type100 reports · 7.0% damage DHC8 DASH 8Aircraft type90 reports · 5.6% damage

All 35 published aircraft combinations

A-321 · 314 CRJ100/200 · 274 A-320 · 244 A-319 · 218 EMB-170 · 172 B-757-200 · 167 B-737-300 · 132 EMB-145 · 114 B-737-800 · 100 DHC8 DASH 8 · 90 B-737-700 · 90 B-737-400 · 64 EMB-190 · 56 A-300 · 50 B-767-300 · 48 A-330 · 42 B-737-200 · 38 CRJ900 · 38 DC-9-30 · 32 CRJ700 · 31 B-737-7 · 30 B-727-200 · 30 B-737-8 · 29 MD-80 · 26 MD-82 · 25 FOKKER F100 · 23 B-717-200 · 19 B-737-900 · 16 DC-9 · 16 MD-88 · 15 B-767-200 · 15 B-727 · 14 DC-10-10 · 14 MD-11 · 14 B-787-8 · 13

07 / PA

Philadelphia Intl: other covered airports in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Intl has 17 other published airport profiles in Pennsylvania; 8 appear in this state-context list.

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KPITPittsburgh Intl Arpt2,457 reports KMDTHarrisburg Intl1,269 reports KABELehigh Valley Intl786 reports KAVPWilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl301 reports KUNVUniversity Park Arpt222 reports KERIErie Intl Arpt-Tom Ridge Field191 reports KAGCAllegheny County Arpt160 reports KRDGReading Regnl Arpt/Carl A Spaatz Field111 reports