Turkey vulture

The FAA database contains 1,189 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Turkey vulture across 372 airports; damage was indicated in 41.6% and engine ingestion in 9.3%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1,1891990–export

Airports represented372distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated41.6%of filed reports

Engine ingestion9.3%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports495FAA report field

Serious / destroyed106FAA S or D level

Effect on flight305effect supplied

Reported cost$51.1Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Turkey vulture: 2016–2025 reporting record

Turkey vulture has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 597 filed reports in the annual series.

201639 · 59.0% damage

201765 · 30.8% damage

201856 · 39.3% damage

201970 · 41.4% damage

202047 · 31.9% damage

202165 · 43.1% damage

202258 · 41.4% damage

202349 · 42.9% damage

202471 · 29.6% damage

202577 · 37.7% damage

03 / SEASON

Turkey vulture: 2021–2025 by month

Turkey vulture appears in 320 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan24

Feb25

Mar29

Apr21

May23

Jun24

Jul18

Aug33

Sep41

Oct21

Nov33

Dec28

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Turkey vulture: published airport records

Turkey vulture has 27 published airport combinations representing 572 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KMCOOrlando Intl95 reports · 46.3% damage KFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl84 reports · 27.4% damage KRSWSouthwest Florida Intl Arpt44 reports · 22.7% damage KMIAMiami Intl39 reports · 59.0% damage KPBIPalm Beach Intl23 reports · 47.8% damage KSBASanta Barbara Municipal23 reports · 21.7% damage KTPATampa Intl20 reports · 50.0% damage KDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt19 reports · 42.1% damage KSFBOrlando Sanford Intl Arpt17 reports · 47.1% damage KJAXJacksonville Intl17 reports · 23.5% damage KBNANashville Intl16 reports · 12.5% damage KIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt15 reports · 13.3% damage KIADWashington Dulles Intl Arpt15 reports · 33.3% damage KDABDaytona Beach Intl15 reports · 53.3% damage KEYWKey West Intl Arpt14 reports · 28.6% damage KOAKMetro Oakland Intl13 reports · 23.1% damage KCMHJohn Glenn Columbus Intl Arpt13 reports · 7.7% damage KSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt12 reports · 25.0% damage KAUSAustin-Bergstrom Intl10 reports · 50.0% damage KRDURaleigh-Durham Intl10 reports · 30.0% damage KPIESt. Pete-Clearwater Intl Arpt9 reports · 33.3% damage KGNVGainesville Reg Arpt9 reports · 55.6% damage KATLHartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt8 reports · 50.0% damage KAPFNaples Municipal8 reports · 100.0% damage KAPCNapa County Arpt8 reports · 50.0% damage KSATSan Antonio Intl8 reports · 62.5% damage KSRQSarasota-Bradenton Intl Arpt8 reports · 50.0% damage