KPIE / PIEFLORIDA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

St. Pete-Clearwater Intl Arpt

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KPIE, from 1990-04-30 through 2026-07-17. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports7341990–export

2021–2025 reports264five complete years

Reported damage6.4%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate594.5reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

264 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 56 more reports than 2016–2020 (208). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports476.4% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports294.0% of reports

Serious / destroyed4FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$349Konly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

201627 reports · 11.1% damage

201747 reports · 2.1% damage

201859 reports · 1.7% damage

201949 reports · 12.2% damage

202026 reports · 0.0% damage

202143 reports · 2.3% damage

202248 reports · 4.2% damage

202349 reports · 6.1% damage

202457 reports · 7.0% damage

202567 reports · 7.5% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan12

Feb9

Mar9

Apr20

May18

Jun50

Jul39

Aug38

Sep31

Oct15

Nov13

Dec10

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Landing Roll58 · 3.4% damage

Take-off Run44 · 13.6% damage

Approach33 · 6.1% damage

Climb21 · 19.0% damage

Departure5 · 0.0% damage

Descent3 · 33.3% damage

Arrival2 · 0.0% damage

Local1 · 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.

GullsFAA species ID NE181 reports · 8.6% damage Western cattle egretFAA species ID I130150 reports · 0.0% damage Laughing gullFAA species ID NE11448 reports · 4.2% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O220543 reports · 4.7% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N511142 reports · 0.0% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K511425 reports · 0.0% damage Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, alliesFAA species ID N616 reports · 12.5% damage OspreyFAA species ID K200116 reports · 31.2% damage Yellow-crowned night heronFAA species ID I11119 reports · 0.0% damage Turkey vultureFAA species ID K10029 reports · 33.3% damage

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

A-320Aircraft type183 reports · 10.4% damage A-319Aircraft type45 reports · 2.2% damage MD-83Aircraft type40 reports · 10.0% damage LOCKHEED C-130Aircraft type36 reports · 13.9% damage C-130Aircraft type20 reports · 0.0% damage PA-28Aircraft type20 reports · 5.0% damage B-757-200Aircraft type14 reports · 0.0% damage B-737-800Aircraft type13 reports · 0.0% damage

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