02 / YEAR LOG
B-737-500: 2016–2025 reporting record
B-737-500 has 4 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 18 filed reports in the annual series.
FAA AIRCRAFT FIELDPUBLIC FAA RECORD
AIRCRAFT PROFILE
B-737-500
The FAA database contains 1,539 filed wildlife-strike reports naming B-737-500 across 112 airports; damage was indicated in 11.6% and engine ingestion in 14.1%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Named-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1,5391990–export
Airports represented112distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated11.6%of filed reports
Engine ingestion14.1%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports178FAA report field
Serious / destroyed62FAA S or D level
Effect on flight82effect supplied
Reported cost$4.5Minflation-adjusted supplied values
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS
B-737-500: published airport records
B-737-500 has 36 published airport combinations representing 1,196 filed reports that met the publication threshold.
KDENDenver Intl Airport128 reports · 3.9% damageKDALDallas Love Field Arpt93 reports · 6.5% damageKHOUWilliam P Hobby Arpt93 reports · 8.6% damageKSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt71 reports · 11.3% damageKORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt69 reports · 8.7% damageKSMFSacramento Intl54 reports · 33.3% damageKAUSAustin-Bergstrom Intl47 reports · 21.3% damageKEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt45 reports · 4.4% damageKLAXLos Angeles Intl39 reports · 12.8% damageKMSYLouie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt37 reports · 13.5% damageKSATSan Antonio Intl36 reports · 8.3% damageKHRLValley Intl34 reports · 17.6% damageKIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt33 reports · 6.1% damageKMCIKansas City Intl33 reports · 18.2% damageKPDXPortland Intl (Or)26 reports · 19.2% damageKSLCSalt Lake City Intl24 reports · 16.7% damageKBWIBaltimore/Wash Intl Thurgood Marshal Arpt23 reports · 13.0% damageKOAKMetro Oakland Intl22 reports · 13.6% damageKSJCNorman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl Arpt21 reports · 9.5% damageKMDWChicago Midway Intl Arpt20 reports · 25.0% damageKIADWashington Dulles Intl Arpt19 reports · 21.1% damageKSTLLambert-St Louis Intl19 reports · 15.8% damageKOMAEppley Airfield18 reports · 5.6% damageKBNANashville Intl18 reports · 5.6% damageKCRPCorpus Christi Intl Arpt18 reports · 5.6% damageKOKCWill Rogers World Arpt17 reports · 0.0% damageKBURBob Hope Arpt16 reports · 25.0% damageKLBBLubbock Preston Smith Intl Arpt15 reports · 0.0% damageKELPEl Paso Intl Arpt15 reports · 6.7% damageKCLECleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt15 reports · 13.3% damageKMAFMidland Intl15 reports · 0.0% damageKONTOntario Intl Arpt14 reports · 7.1% damageKMCOOrlando Intl13 reports · 0.0% damageKLASHarry Reid International Airport12 reports · 8.3% damageKCMHJohn Glenn Columbus Intl Arpt12 reports · 8.3% damageKDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt12 reports · 0.0% damage