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

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Vero Beach Municipal

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KVRB, from 1990-09-23 through 2026-07-10. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports1831990–export
2021–2025 reports77five complete years
Reported damage19.7%conditional on reports
Covered traffic rateNot availableno matching BTS denominator
01 / READ THE RECORD

77 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 26 more reports than 2016–2020 (51). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports3619.7% of reports
Engine-ingestion reports21.1% of reports
Serious / destroyed2FAA S or D level
Reported inflation-adjusted cost$500Konly when cost was supplied
02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

20166 reports · 33.3% damage
20178 reports · 0.0% damage
20186 reports · 0.0% damage
201912 reports · 25.0% damage
202019 reports · 15.8% damage
202112 reports · 8.3% damage
202210 reports · 20.0% damage
202313 reports · 15.4% damage
202418 reports · 16.7% damage
202524 reports · 16.7% damage
03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan7
Feb3
Mar4
Apr5
May6
Jun6
Jul6
Aug19
Sep4
Oct8
Nov2
Dec7

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach23 · 30.4% damage
Climb10 · 50.0% damage
Landing Roll7 · 0.0% damage
Take-off Run5 · 0.0% damage
Departure3 · 0.0% damage
Taxi3 · 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.

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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