AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Turkey vulture reports at KSBA
The FAA database contains 23 filed reports pairing Santa Barbara Municipal (KSBA) with Turkey vulture; damage was indicated in 21.7% and engine ingestion in 8.7%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports231990–export
Damage indicated521.7% of reports
Engine ingestion28.7% of reports
Latest report2026-06-27in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Turkey vulture reports at KSBA: 23 paired reports in the FAA file
Turkey vulture reports at KSBA contains 23 filed reports; 5 indicate damage and 2 record engine ingestion, while the national Turkey vulture parent contains 1,189 reports.
WHY THERE IS NO RISK GRADE
FAA reporting is voluntary, reporting intensity varies, and this pairing has no flight-exposure denominator. Runway Wildlife keeps counts and conditional damage shares separate.