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

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Southwest Florida Intl Arpt

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KRSW, from 1990-05-07 through 2026-07-24. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports2,1531990–export
2021–2025 reports637five complete years
Reported damage4.5%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rate396.1reports / 100k covered departures
01 / READ THE RECORD

637 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 72 more reports than 2016–2020 (565). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports974.5% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports974.5% of reports
Serious / destroyed21FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$4.4Monly when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

201690 reports · 3.3% damage
2017122 reports · 0.0% damage
201892 reports · 4.3% damage
2019175 reports · 2.3% damage
202086 reports · 1.2% damage
2021126 reports · 7.9% damage
2022133 reports · 1.5% damage
2023140 reports · 1.4% damage
202496 reports · 1.0% damage
2025142 reports · 0.7% damage
03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan18
Feb28
Mar29
Apr47
May41
Jun37
Jul68
Aug165
Sep102
Oct57
Nov24
Dec21

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach134 · 7.5% damage
Landing Roll73 · 0.0% damage
Take-off Run54 · 5.6% damage
Climb17 · 17.6% damage
Departure14 · 0.0% damage
Descent7 · 0.0% damage
Arrival2 · 0.0% damage
Taxi1 · 0.0% damage

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