KLGA / LGANEW YORK

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

La Guardia Arpt

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KLGA, from 1990-01-21 through 2026-09-03. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports3,8101990–export

2021–2025 reports770five complete years

Reported damage6.0%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate167.9reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

770 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 50 more reports than 2016–2020 (720). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports2296.0% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports1724.5% of reports

Serious / destroyed37FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$64.1Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

2016144 reports · 5.6% damage

2017187 reports · 2.1% damage

2018161 reports · 5.6% damage

2019159 reports · 3.1% damage

202069 reports · 2.9% damage

2021121 reports · 7.4% damage

2022149 reports · 4.7% damage

2023164 reports · 4.3% damage

2024141 reports · 5.0% damage

2025195 reports · 3.6% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan16

Feb12

Mar22

Apr44

May95

Jun47

Jul63

Aug86

Sep122

Oct133

Nov79

Dec51

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach415 · 6.0% damage

Climb49 · 10.2% damage

Landing Roll32 · 3.1% damage

Departure16 · 0.0% damage

Take-off Run16 · 12.5% damage

Descent14 · 21.4% damage

Arrival7 · 14.3% damage

Taxi1 · 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.

GullsFAA species ID NE1240 reports · 14.2% damage Herring gullFAA species ID NE101230 reports · 6.1% damage Rock pigeonFAA species ID O2111148 reports · 3.4% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI005144 reports · 0.0% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K5114126 reports · 0.0% damage American robinFAA species ID Z6007102 reports · 9.8% damage Ring-billed gullFAA species ID NE104100 reports · 1.0% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O220597 reports · 0.0% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL00182 reports · 0.0% damage Laughing gullFAA species ID NE11478 reports · 3.8% damage White-throated sparrowFAA species ID ZX30564 reports · 3.1% damage Canada gooseFAA species ID J220458 reports · 50.0% damage

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

EMB-170Aircraft type316 reports · 7.0% damage A-320Aircraft type310 reports · 8.1% damage A-319Aircraft type224 reports · 8.0% damage B-737-800Aircraft type200 reports · 6.0% damage CRJ900Aircraft type160 reports · 3.8% damage A-321Aircraft type160 reports · 8.1% damage B-737-700Aircraft type100 reports · 4.0% damage EMB-190Aircraft type100 reports · 7.0% damage CRJ100/200Aircraft type99 reports · 11.1% damage CRJ700Aircraft type95 reports · 5.3% damage

07 / NY

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