FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA AIRCRAFT FIELDPUBLIC FAA RECORD

AIRCRAFT PROFILE

B-737-900

The FAA database contains 3,196 filed wildlife-strike reports naming B-737-900 across 120 airports; damage was indicated in 4.3% and engine ingestion in 5.5%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Named-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026

Filed reports3,1961990–export
Airports represented120distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated4.3%of filed reports
Engine ingestion5.5%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports137FAA report field
Serious / destroyed7FAA S or D level
Effect on flight84effect supplied
Reported cost$19.7Minflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

B-737-900: 2016–2025 reporting record

B-737-900 has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 2,606 filed reports in the annual series.

2016145 · 4.1% damage
2017201 · 6.0% damage
2018209 · 2.4% damage
2019281 · 3.9% damage
202098 · 7.1% damage
2021239 · 3.3% damage
2022286 · 4.2% damage
2023348 · 4.6% damage
2024385 · 5.2% damage
2025414 · 3.6% damage
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

B-737-900: published airport records

B-737-900 has 50 published airport combinations representing 2,949 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KSEASeattle-Tacoma Intl267 reports · 3.7% damageKDENDenver Intl Airport232 reports · 2.6% damageKSLCSalt Lake City Intl176 reports · 11.9% damageKIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt175 reports · 2.3% damageKATLHartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt162 reports · 3.1% damageKEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt148 reports · 6.8% damageKSMFSacramento Intl139 reports · 6.5% damageKPDXPortland Intl (Or)127 reports · 3.9% damageKORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt116 reports · 6.9% damageKDTWDetroit Metro Wayne County Arpt100 reports · 3.0% damageKSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt100 reports · 2.0% damageKMCOOrlando Intl94 reports · 6.4% damageKMSPMinneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Arpt72 reports · 4.2% damageKLAXLos Angeles Intl63 reports · 0.0% damageKBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt59 reports · 5.1% damageKRSWSouthwest Florida Intl Arpt58 reports · 3.4% damageKJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl56 reports · 7.1% damageKIADWashington Dulles Intl Arpt55 reports · 0.0% damageKBNANashville Intl48 reports · 2.1% damageKCLECleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt43 reports · 2.3% damageKMCIKansas City Intl42 reports · 2.4% damageKSJCNorman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl Arpt39 reports · 7.7% damageKAUSAustin-Bergstrom Intl35 reports · 2.9% damageKSTLLambert-St Louis Intl32 reports · 3.1% damageKFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl31 reports · 0.0% damageKCMHJohn Glenn Columbus Intl Arpt30 reports · 0.0% damageKMSYLouie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt28 reports · 7.1% damageKINDIndianapolis Intl Arpt24 reports · 0.0% damageKTPATampa Intl24 reports · 4.2% damageKSRQSarasota-Bradenton Intl Arpt23 reports · 0.0% damagePAFAFairbanks Intl Arpt23 reports · 0.0% damageKCVGCincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl Arpt23 reports · 0.0% damageKBWIBaltimore/Wash Intl Thurgood Marshal Arpt23 reports · 0.0% damageKGRRGerald R. Ford Intl Arpt22 reports · 0.0% damageTJSJLuis Munoz Marin Intl22 reports · 9.1% damageKSANSan Diego Intl21 reports · 9.5% damagePANCTed Stevens Anchorage Intl20 reports · 10.0% damageKPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor Intl Arpt20 reports · 0.0% damageKSATSan Antonio Intl18 reports · 0.0% damageKRDURaleigh-Durham Intl18 reports · 0.0% damageKBDLBradley Intl16 reports · 0.0% damageKPHLPhiladelphia Intl16 reports · 6.2% damageKLGALa Guardia Arpt15 reports · 6.7% damageKPBIPalm Beach Intl15 reports · 6.7% damageKGEGSpokane International15 reports · 6.7% damageKBHMBirmingham-Shuttlesworth Intl14 reports · 0.0% damageKDABDaytona Beach Intl13 reports · 7.7% damageKCHSCharleston Afb/Intl Arpt13 reports · 0.0% damageKJAXJacksonville Intl12 reports · 0.0% damageKPNSPensacola Intl Arpt12 reports · 0.0% damage