B-747-8 SERIES

The FAA database contains 149 filed wildlife-strike reports naming B-747-8 SERIES across 27 airports; damage was indicated in 8.7% and engine ingestion in 2.7%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1491990–export

Airports represented27distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated8.7%of filed reports

Engine ingestion2.7%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports13FAA report field

Serious / destroyed4FAA S or D level

Effect on flight3effect supplied

Reported cost$14.8Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

B-747-8 SERIES: 2016–2025 reporting record

B-747-8 SERIES has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 112 filed reports in the annual series.

20166 · 16.7% damage

201713 · 7.7% damage

201812 · 8.3% damage

201913 · 7.7% damage

202013 · 7.7% damage

202113 · 7.7% damage

202210 · 10.0% damage

20238 · 0.0% damage

202412 · 0.0% damage

202512 · 16.7% damage

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

B-747-8 SERIES: published airport records

B-747-8 SERIES has 4 published airport combinations representing 89 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KLCKRickenbacker Intl37 reports · 2.7% damage KSDFMuhammad Ali International22 reports · 0.0% damage PANCTed Stevens Anchorage Intl18 reports · 33.3% damage KORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt12 reports · 16.7% damage