AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Turkey vulture reports at KSFO
The FAA database contains 12 filed reports pairing San Francisco Intl Arpt (KSFO) with Turkey vulture; damage was indicated in 25.0% and engine ingestion in 33.3%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports121990–export
Damage indicated325.0% of reports
Engine ingestion433.3% of reports
Latest report2025-05-15in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Turkey vulture reports at KSFO: 12 paired reports in the FAA file
Turkey vulture reports at KSFO contains 12 filed reports; 3 indicate damage and 4 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.