White-tailed deer

The FAA database contains 1,384 filed wildlife-strike reports naming White-tailed deer across 720 airports; damage was indicated in 81.6% and engine ingestion in 0.5%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

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

White-tailed deer: 2016–2025 reporting record

White-tailed deer has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 327 filed reports in the annual series.

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

White-tailed deer: 2021–2025 by month

White-tailed deer appears in 171 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan11

Feb8

Mar8

Apr11

May10

Jun14

Jul15

Aug16

Sep24

Oct18

Nov24

Dec12

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

White-tailed deer: published airport records

White-tailed deer has 16 published airport combinations representing 198 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

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