02 / YEAR LOG
Black vulture: 2016–2025 reporting record
Black vulture has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 221 filed reports in the annual series.
FAA SPECIES K1001PUBLIC FAA RECORD
WILDLIFE PROFILE
Black vulture
The FAA database contains 355 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Black vulture across 101 airports; damage was indicated in 64.2% and engine ingestion in 16.9%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Named-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports3551990–export
Airports represented101distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated64.2%of filed reports
Engine ingestion16.9%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports228FAA report field
Serious / destroyed43FAA S or D level
Effect on flight97effect supplied
Reported cost$18.2Minflation-adjusted supplied values
03 / SEASON
Black vulture: 2021–2025 by month
Black vulture appears in 132 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS
Black vulture: published airport records
Black vulture has 13 published airport combinations representing 213 filed reports that met the publication threshold.
KRSWSouthwest Florida Intl Arpt38 reports · 42.1% damageKAUSAustin-Bergstrom Intl23 reports · 60.9% damageKATLHartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt23 reports · 60.9% damageKSFBOrlando Sanford Intl Arpt22 reports · 54.5% damageKMCOOrlando Intl20 reports · 75.0% damageKMIAMiami Intl15 reports · 80.0% damageKFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl15 reports · 46.7% damageKBNANashville Intl11 reports · 63.6% damageKIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt11 reports · 54.5% damageKSATSan Antonio Intl10 reports · 70.0% damageKCLTCharlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt9 reports · 66.7% damageKDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt8 reports · 62.5% damageKJAXJacksonville Intl8 reports · 50.0% damage