Estimating wildlife strike costs at US airports: A machine learning approach

A Protocol for Bird Strike Risk Assessment at Airports

In order for airports to manage the bird strike risk effectively, a risk assessment process needs to be carried out to identify the major hazards at the airport, the levels of risk that they produce, and the most cost effective means of reducing that risk. Despite the fact that bird controllers, managers and consultants make informal bird strike risk assessments throughout their working lives, ...

GIS and Wildlife Management Activities at Airports

Wildlife observations collected over time at a US Air Force Base (AFB) have been visually displayed through Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. By continuing to expand upon the capabilities of GIS, USDA Wildlife Services has been able to manage the Seymour Johnson AFB airfield and surrounding areas in a practical manner. A Wildlife Hazard Assessment of the AFB used GIS to clearly di...

Wildlife Strike Risk Assessment in Several Italian Airports: Lessons from BRI and a New Methodology Implementation

The presence of wildlife in airport areas poses substantial hazards to aviation. Wildlife aircraft collisions (hereafter wildlife strikes) cause losses in terms of human lives and direct monetary losses for the aviation industry. In recent years, wildlife strikes have increased in parallel with air traffic increase and species habituation to anthropic areas. In this paper, we used an ecological...

US increases Ebola screening at five airports.

The United States will increase its screening of passengers for signs of Ebola infection at five international airports, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and theDepartment of Homeland Security’s Customs andBorder Protection announced on Wednesday 8 October. The screening measures will begin by the end of this week at New York’s John F Kennedy Airport and then ...

Managing Turfgrass to Reduce Wildlife Hazards at Airports