FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES K1PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

New World vultures

The FAA database contains 343 filed wildlife-strike reports naming New World vultures across 134 airports; damage was indicated in 53.1% and engine ingestion in 6.4%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Named-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026

Filed reports3431990–export
Airports represented134distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated53.1%of filed reports
Engine ingestion6.4%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports182FAA report field
Serious / destroyed31FAA S or D level
Effect on flight86effect supplied
Reported cost$2.9Minflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

New World vultures: 2016–2025 reporting record

New World vultures has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 82 filed reports in the annual series.

20166 · 16.7% damage
20174 · 50.0% damage
20187 · 100.0% damage
201917 · 52.9% damage
20208 · 62.5% damage
202110 · 20.0% damage
202210 · 40.0% damage
20235 · 40.0% damage
20248 · 25.0% damage
20257 · 71.4% damage
03 / SEASON

New World vultures: 2021–2025 by month

New World vultures appears in 40 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan1
Feb4
Mar3
Apr3
May4
Jun4
Jul5
Aug4
Sep4
Oct4
Nov3
Dec1