KIAH / IAHTEXAS

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt

George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt (KIAH) has 3,941 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-07-03 through 2026-07-25; 1,823 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 2.4% of all reports.

Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Voluntary-report cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026

All reports3,9411990–export

2021–2025 reports1,823five complete years

Reported damage2.4%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate475.3reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt: 1,823 reports in 2021–2025

George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt filed 1,823 reports in 2021–2025, which was 1,216 more than the 607 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports962.4% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports982.5% of reports

Serious / destroyed14FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$807Konly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt: 2016–2025 reporting record

George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 2,430 filed reports in the annual series.

2016104 reports · 3.8% damage

2017118 reports · 0.8% damage

2018155 reports · 2.6% damage

2019155 reports · 3.2% damage

202075 reports · 1.3% damage

2021138 reports · 2.2% damage

2022204 reports · 2.5% damage

2023310 reports · 1.0% damage

2024468 reports · 1.5% damage

2025703 reports · 0.9% damage

03 / SEASON

George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt: reports by month

George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt has 1,823 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan43

Feb45

Mar60

Apr157

May247

Jun235

Jul285

Aug241

Sep183

Oct136

Nov118

Dec73

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt: reports by flight phase

George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt has 839 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Approach348 · 2.9% damage

Landing Roll195 · 1.0% damage

Take-off Run110 · 0.0% damage

Climb109 · 6.4% damage

Departure52 · 5.8% damage

Descent11 · 18.2% damage

Arrival8 · 0.0% damage

Local4 · 0.0% damage

Phase counts use 2021–2025 reports with a supplied phase.

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt: named wildlife

George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt has 39 published named-wildlife combinations representing 1,976 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

Mourning doveFAA species ID O2205339 reports · 0.9% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N5111224 reports · 0.0% damage Cliff swallowFAA species ID YI009222 reports · 0.0% damage MicrobatsFAA species ID 1C2221 reports · 0.0% damage Brazilian free-tailed batFAA species ID 1C2201200 reports · 0.0% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI00597 reports · 1.0% damage Rock pigeonFAA species ID O211163 reports · 3.2% damage Western cattle egretFAA species ID I130158 reports · 3.4% damage SparrowsFAA species ID ZX354 reports · 0.0% damage SwallowsFAA species ID YI41 reports · 0.0% damage DovesFAA species ID O2235 reports · 2.9% damage Eastern meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT00135 reports · 0.0% damage

All 39 published wildlife combinations

Mourning dove · 339 Killdeer · 224 Cliff swallow · 222 Microbats · 221 Brazilian free-tailed bat · 200 Barn swallow · 97 Rock pigeon · 63 Western cattle egret · 58 Sparrows · 54 Swallows · 41 Doves · 35 Eastern meadowlark · 35 Common nighthawk · 33 Chimney swift · 25 Striped skunk · 22 Scissor-tailed flycatcher · 22 Savannah sparrow · 21 Perching birds (y) · 21 Gulls · 21 European starling · 15 American pipit · 15 Turkey vulture · 15 Coyote · 13 Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies · 13 American kestrel · 12 Free-tailed bats · 12 Western meadowlark · 12 Red-tailed hawk · 12 Virginia opossum · 11 Black vulture · 11 Meadowlarks · 10 Blackbirds · 10 Tree swallow · 9 Upland sandpiper · 9 Hawks · 9 Cedar waxwing · 9 Cave swallow · 9 Egrets · 8 Yellow-breasted chat · 8

06 / AIRCRAFT

George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt: aircraft types in filed reports

George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt has 35 published aircraft-type combinations representing 2,331 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

EMB-170Aircraft type293 reports · 2.0% damage B-737-800Aircraft type260 reports · 2.7% damage EMB-145Aircraft type250 reports · 4.8% damage A-320Aircraft type230 reports · 3.5% damage B-737-900Aircraft type175 reports · 2.3% damage A-319Aircraft type175 reports · 0.6% damage A-321Aircraft type89 reports · 5.6% damage B-767-300Aircraft type78 reports · 3.8% damage B-737-700Aircraft type57 reports · 3.5% damage A-300Aircraft type54 reports · 1.9% damage

All 35 published aircraft combinations

EMB-170 · 293 B-737-800 · 260 EMB-145 · 250 A-320 · 230 B-737-900 · 175 A-319 · 175 A-321 · 89 B-767-300 · 78 B-737-700 · 57 A-300 · 54 CRJ700 · 52 B-737-8 · 51 CRJ900 · 47 B-737-9 · 45 B-737-300 · 37 B-737 · 35 B-757-200 · 34 B-737-500 · 33 MD-11 · 32 B-777-200 · 30 A-220 · 28 CRJ100/200 · 28 EMB-135 · 27 MD-82 · 25 B-727-200 · 20 EMB-120 · 17 FOKKER F100 · 17 DC-10-10 · 17 EMB-190 · 16 ATR-42 · 16 SAAB-340 · 14 B-737-200 · 13 B-727 · 12 B-777 · 12 B-777-300 · 12

07 / TX

George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt: other covered airports in Texas

George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt has 44 other published airport profiles in Texas; 8 appear in this state-context list.

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