AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Ring-billed gull reports at KJFK
The FAA database contains 81 filed reports pairing John F Kennedy Intl (KJFK) with Ring-billed gull; damage was indicated in 4.9% and engine ingestion in 6.2%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports811990–export
Damage indicated44.9% of reports
Engine ingestion56.2% of reports
Latest report2026-05-04in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Ring-billed gull reports at KJFK: 81 paired reports in the FAA file
Ring-billed gull reports at KJFK contains 81 filed reports; 4 indicate damage and 5 record engine ingestion, while the national Ring-billed gull parent contains 2,496 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.