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AIRPORT REPORT LOG

John F Kennedy Intl

John F Kennedy Intl (KJFK) has 6,798 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-01-02 through 2026-07-19; 1,297 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 4.9% of all reports.

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

All reports6,7981990–export

2021–2025 reports1,297five complete years

Reported damage4.9%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate301.7reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

John F Kennedy Intl: 1,297 reports in 2021–2025

John F Kennedy Intl filed 1,297 reports in 2021–2025, which was 232 more than the 1,065 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports3354.9% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports3224.7% of reports

Serious / destroyed92FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$45.8Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

John F Kennedy Intl: 2016–2025 reporting record

John F Kennedy Intl has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 2,362 filed reports in the annual series.

2016244 reports · 2.5% damage

2017207 reports · 4.8% damage

2018231 reports · 3.5% damage

2019254 reports · 2.8% damage

2020129 reports · 7.0% damage

2021239 reports · 3.8% damage

2022257 reports · 3.9% damage

2023254 reports · 5.9% damage

2024251 reports · 5.6% damage

2025296 reports · 4.7% damage

03 / SEASON

John F Kennedy Intl: reports by month

John F Kennedy Intl has 1,297 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan48

Feb29

Mar60

Apr61

May132

Jun108

Jul143

Aug160

Sep135

Oct221

Nov123

Dec77

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

John F Kennedy Intl: reports by flight phase

John F Kennedy Intl has 825 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Approach473 · 7.6% damage

Landing Roll111 · 5.4% damage

Take-off Run103 · 8.7% damage

Climb78 · 9.0% damage

Departure28 · 0.0% damage

Arrival14 · 21.4% damage

Descent13 · 7.7% damage

Taxi3 · 0.0% damage

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

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

John F Kennedy Intl: named wildlife

John F Kennedy Intl has 81 published named-wildlife combinations representing 4,984 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

Herring gullFAA species ID NE101684 reports · 6.4% damage Laughing gullFAA species ID NE114589 reports · 0.7% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K5114261 reports · 0.4% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI005207 reports · 0.0% damage Horned larkFAA species ID YH004186 reports · 0.5% damage American barn owlFAA species ID R1101170 reports · 1.8% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O2205157 reports · 1.9% damage OspreyFAA species ID K2001132 reports · 11.4% damage American robinFAA species ID Z6007130 reports · 6.9% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL001126 reports · 1.6% damage Rock pigeonFAA species ID O2111119 reports · 3.4% damage Peregrine falconFAA species ID K5102103 reports · 2.9% damage

All 81 published wildlife combinations

Herring gull · 684 Laughing gull · 589 American kestrel · 261 Barn swallow · 207 Horned lark · 186 American barn owl · 170 Mourning dove · 157 Osprey · 132 American robin · 130 European starling · 126 Rock pigeon · 119 Peregrine falcon · 103 Diamondback terrapin · 100 Gulls · 97 Great black-backed gull · 93 Ring-billed gull · 81 Black-tailed jackrabbit · 70 Snow bunting · 69 Brown-headed cowbird · 67 Killdeer · 65 Mallard · 62 Brant · 53 Tree swallow · 52 Yellow-rumped warbler · 51 Canada goose · 51 Snowy owl · 51 American oystercatcher · 48 Gray catbird · 47 Double-crested cormorant · 47 Northern harrier · 44 Common tern · 40 Short-eared owl · 40 Black-crowned night heron · 39 Northern flicker · 35 American woodcock · 33 Savannah sparrow · 32 American black duck · 28 Perching birds (y) · 28 White-throated sparrow · 28 Virginia opossum · 27 Merlin · 27 Semipalmated sandpiper · 24 White-headed gull complex · 24 American golden-plover · 23 Dark-eyed junco · 23 Least sandpiper · 23 Chimney swift · 22 Red-winged blackbird · 21 Hermit thrush · 21 Semipalmated plover · 20 Eastern red bat · 20 Common nighthawk · 20 Wood duck · 19 Black-bellied plover · 19 Sparrows · 19 American crow · 18 American coot · 18 Swamp sparrow · 17 Cedar waxwing · 16 Red-tailed hawk · 16 Great blue heron · 16 Black skimmer · 15 Ring-necked pheasant · 15 House sparrow · 14 Ruddy duck · 13 Common yellowthroat · 13 Ovenbird · 13 Great egret · 12 Song sparrow · 11 Swainson's thrush · 11 Blackpoll warbler · 11 Western cattle egret · 10 Red-eyed vireo · 10 Ruby-crowned kinglet · 9 Mallard/American black duck complex · 9 Gadwall · 9 Muskrat · 9 Snow goose · 8 Veery · 8 Black-and-white warbler · 8 Chipping sparrow · 8

06 / AIRCRAFT

John F Kennedy Intl: aircraft types in filed reports

John F Kennedy Intl has 37 published aircraft-type combinations representing 3,088 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

A-320Aircraft type687 reports · 10.3% damage A-321Aircraft type377 reports · 5.3% damage B-757-200Aircraft type201 reports · 12.9% damage B-767-300Aircraft type196 reports · 15.3% damage B-737-800Aircraft type153 reports · 6.5% damage EMB-190Aircraft type146 reports · 5.5% damage B-767-200Aircraft type114 reports · 8.8% damage CRJ900Aircraft type112 reports · 5.4% damage A-330Aircraft type98 reports · 9.2% damage B-777-200Aircraft type95 reports · 13.7% damage

All 37 published aircraft combinations

A-320 · 687 A-321 · 377 B-757-200 · 201 B-767-300 · 196 B-737-800 · 153 EMB-190 · 146 B-767-200 · 114 CRJ900 · 112 A-330 · 98 B-777-200 · 95 B-747-400 · 88 A-300 · 75 B-777-300 · 75 EMB-170 · 66 A-319 · 57 B-737-900 · 56 B-747-1/200 · 47 CRJ100/200 · 39 A-220 · 34 SAAB-340 · 33 EMB-135 · 31 A-340 · 28 B-747 · 26 MD-88 · 24 B-767-400 · 23 B-787-9 · 22 B-737-8 · 21 DC-10-10 · 21 EMB-145 · 20 ATR-42 · 19 B-767 · 18 MD-11 · 16 A-350 · 15 CRJ700 · 15 B-727-200 · 15 A-380 · 13 B-777 · 12

07 / NY

John F Kennedy Intl: other covered airports in New York

John F Kennedy Intl has 21 other published airport profiles in New York; 8 appear in this state-context list.

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KLGALa Guardia Arpt3,810 reports KALBAlbany Intl1,103 reports KBUFBuffalo-Niagara Intl1,023 reports KHPNWestchester County Arpt936 reports KROCGreater Rochester Intl644 reports KISPLong Island Mac Arthur506 reports KSYRSyracuse Hancock Intl358 reports KSWFStewart Intl Airport265 reports