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

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Eglin Air Force Base/Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KVPS, from 2000-01-15 through 2026-07-12. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports1111990–export
2021–2025 reports58five complete years
Reported damage5.4%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rate146.0reports / 100k covered departures
01 / READ THE RECORD

58 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 25 more reports than 2016–2020 (33). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports65.4% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports1311.7% of reports
Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$271Konly when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

20161 reports · 0.0% damage
201811 reports · 9.1% damage
201913 reports · 7.7% damage
20208 reports · 12.5% damage
202117 reports · 5.9% damage
20229 reports · 11.1% damage
20238 reports · 0.0% damage
202410 reports · 0.0% damage
202514 reports · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan0
Feb1
Mar2
Apr5
May5
Jun2
Jul5
Aug7
Sep11
Oct17
Nov1
Dec2

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach32 · 0.0% damage
Landing Roll14 · 7.1% damage
Take-off Run6 · 0.0% damage
Climb4 · 0.0% damage
Descent1 · 0.0% damage
Departure1 · 100.0% 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.

No named species combination met the publication threshold.

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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