AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Black-crowned night heron reports at KJFK
The FAA database contains 39 filed reports pairing John F Kennedy Intl (KJFK) with Black-crowned night heron; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 0.0%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports391990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion00.0% of reports
Latest report2022-10-02in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Black-crowned night heron reports at KJFK: 39 paired reports in the FAA file
Black-crowned night heron reports at KJFK contains 39 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 0 record engine ingestion, while the national Black-crowned night heron parent contains 176 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.