WILDLIFE STRIKE DASHBOARD

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GROUP G26 · FAA WILDLIFE STRIKE DATABASE · U.S. · 1990–2023

Spatiotemporal & Structural Dynamics of
Aircraft-Wildlife Strikes

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GROUP G26 · DASHBOARD GUIDE

Explore the wildlife-aircraft strike data

Explore FAA wildlife strike records across time, place and aircraft. Select marks in the charts to see how the patterns connect.

What you can explore

Annual trend

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Aircraft

Select a part to inspect its strike and damage statistics. It filters the dashboard for the component selected.

Temporal patterns

Compare yearly and monthly strikes with bird sightings, and how strikes change during the day. Click a month to filter the dashboard.

Map

Blue shading shows bird sightings and red dots mark strikes. Click a state to focus and filter the dashboard.

Sankey diagram

Follow how bird size and flight phase affect damage level. Select a node or flow to filter the dashboard by that combination.

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Data Source: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/dianaddx/aircraft-wildlife-strikes-1990-2023/data

Annual Wildlife Strikes Trend (1990–2023)
Temporal Patterns
Wildlife Strikes by Month and Year
Hourly Strike Frequency
Bird Sightings by Month and Year
Wildlife Strikes
Bird Sightings
Geographic Distribution of Bird Sightings and Strikes
Bird Sightings
Strikes
Aircraft Part Strikes & Damage
Strikes
Damage
Size and Phase of Flight impact on Damage Level
None
Minor
Substantial
Destroyed