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:<\/p>\n
Wildlife strikes on civil aircraft, 1990\u20132026<\/strong> \u2014 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<\/a><\/p>\n Laser strikes on aircraft, 2021\u20132025<\/strong> \u2014 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<\/a><\/p>\n Drone (UAS) sightings reported by pilots, 2019\u20132026<\/strong> \u2014 12,566 reports by year, state, and city. NYC is #1 (584). https:\/\/www.kaggle.com\/datasets\/himaxym\/faa-drone-sightings-us<\/a><\/p>\n Versioned copy with citable DOI (Zenodo, wildlife): https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.21347859<\/a><\/p>\n Original sources (US government work, public domain): – https:\/\/wildlife.faa.gov\/<\/a> – https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/about\/initiatives\/lasers<\/a> – https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/uas\/resources\/public_records\/uas_sightings_report<\/a><\/p>\n Disclosure: I compiled and maintain these aggregates (and an interactive explorer at himaxym.com\/safety). The compilation is CC BY 4.0 \u2014 use it for anything, attribution appreciated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n submitted by \/u\/disclaimer8 <\/a>
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