Three datasets aggregated from public FAA releases (the raw ones ship as an MS Access export and awkward portal dumps) into analysis-ready CSVs with per-column documentation:
Wildlife strikes on civil aircraft, 1990–2026 — 347,575 reports: by year, airport (452, ICAO-coded), and species. 2025 set the all-time record (24,458 reports). Fun divergence: the species planes hit most (doves, swallows) almost never damage them (~1.5%), while deer damage the aircraft in ~82% of reported strikes. https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/himaxym/faa-wildlife-strikes-us
Laser strikes on aircraft, 2021–2025 — 54,722 reports with 243 crew injuries, by year, state, and reporting ATC facility (caveat documented: the “city” is the ATC facility’s location, not where the laser was fired). https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/himaxym/faa-laser-strikes-us
Drone (UAS) sightings reported by pilots, 2019–2026 — 12,566 reports by year, state, and city. NYC is #1 (584). https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/himaxym/faa-drone-sightings-us
Versioned copy with citable DOI (Zenodo, wildlife): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21347859
Original sources (US government work, public domain): – https://wildlife.faa.gov/ – https://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/lasers – https://www.faa.gov/uas/resources/public_records/uas_sightings_report
Disclosure: I compiled and maintain these aggregates (and an interactive explorer at himaxym.com/safety). The compilation is CC BY 4.0 — use it for anything, attribution appreciated.
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