AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Herring gull reports at KBOS
The FAA database contains 312 filed reports pairing General Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt (KBOS) with Herring gull; damage was indicated in 7.4% and engine ingestion in 7.4%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports3121990–export
Damage indicated237.4% of reports
Engine ingestion237.4% of reports
Latest report2026-07-16in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Herring gull reports at KBOS: 312 paired reports in the FAA file
Herring gull reports at KBOS contains 312 filed reports; 23 indicate damage and 23 record engine ingestion, while the national Herring gull parent contains 2,261 reports.
WHY THERE IS NO RISK GRADE
FAA reporting is voluntary, reporting intensity varies, and this pairing has no flight-exposure denominator. Runway Wildlife keeps counts and conditional damage shares separate.