KJFK / JFKNEW YORK

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

John F Kennedy Intl

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KJFK, from 1990-01-02 through 2026-07-19. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

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

1,297 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 232 more reports than 2016–2020 (1,065). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

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

Ten complete reporting years

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

When reports arrive

Jan48

Feb29

Mar60

Apr61

May132

Jun108

Jul143

Aug160

Sep135

Oct221

Nov123

Dec77

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

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

Named species in this airport record

Unknown-bird categories remain in airport totals but do not get thin species-combination pages.

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

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

A report count does not supply an exposure denominator by aircraft type.

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

07 / NY

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