White-tailed deer

A report-level view of White-tailed deer in the FAA National Wildlife Strike Database. Damage shares are conditional on a report being filed, not an unconditional flight risk.

Filed reports1,3841990–export

Airports represented720distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated81.6%of filed reports

Engine ingestion0.5%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports1,129FAA report field

Serious / destroyed429FAA S or D level

Effect on flight570effect supplied

Reported cost$69.3Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

201630 · 66.7% damage

201721 · 76.2% damage

201832 · 78.1% damage

201943 · 79.1% damage

202030 · 83.3% damage

202134 · 73.5% damage

202227 · 81.5% damage

202335 · 68.6% damage

202427 · 74.1% damage

202548 · 64.6% damage

03 / SEASON

2021–2025 by month

Jan11

Feb8

Mar8

Apr11

May10

Jun14

Jul15

Aug16

Sep24

Oct18

Nov24

Dec12

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Where this wildlife category appears

Only airport combinations with at least the publication threshold are listed.

KMMUMorristown Municipal Arpt20 reports · 65.0% damage KBWIBaltimore/Wash Intl Thurgood Marshal Arpt18 reports · 66.7% damage KHTOEast Hampton Arpt16 reports · 93.8% damage KTEBTeterboro Airport15 reports · 0.0% damage KCKBNorth Central West Virginia Arpt14 reports · 85.7% damage KROCGreater Rochester Intl14 reports · 57.1% damage KJZICharleston Executive Arpt13 reports · 92.3% damage KCDWEssex County Airport13 reports · 61.5% damage KFOKFrancis S Gabreski Arpt11 reports · 54.5% damage KDXRDanbury Municipal Arpt11 reports · 54.5% damage KIPTWilliamsport Regional Arpt10 reports · 70.0% damage KIADWashington Dulles Intl Arpt10 reports · 20.0% damage KJYOLeesburg Executive Arpt9 reports · 88.9% damage KHTSTri-State Arpt/Milton J. Ferguson Field8 reports · 62.5% damage KPIAPeoria Intl Arpt8 reports · 75.0% damage KPHFNewport News/Williamsburg Intl8 reports · 75.0% damage