KMDW / MDWILLINOIS

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Chicago Midway Intl Arpt

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KMDW, from 1990-05-19 through 2026-07-20. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports2,3171990–export

2021–2025 reports503five complete years

Reported damage4.0%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate201.4reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

503 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 74 more reports than 2016–2020 (429). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports924.0% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports903.9% of reports

Serious / destroyed22FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$1.3Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

2016114 reports · 4.4% damage

201794 reports · 1.1% damage

201880 reports · 6.2% damage

201990 reports · 1.1% damage

202051 reports · 2.0% damage

202190 reports · 0.0% damage

202293 reports · 4.3% damage

2023102 reports · 1.0% damage

2024102 reports · 2.0% damage

2025116 reports · 0.9% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan5

Feb5

Mar21

Apr27

May55

Jun30

Jul88

Aug75

Sep98

Oct68

Nov23

Dec8

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach245 · 0.8% damage

Climb60 · 8.3% damage

Landing Roll24 · 0.0% damage

Take-off Run22 · 4.5% damage

Departure14 · 0.0% damage

Descent7 · 0.0% damage

Local3 · 0.0% damage

Arrival1 · 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.

American kestrelFAA species ID K5114510 reports · 0.2% damage Ring-billed gullFAA species ID NE104113 reports · 0.9% damage GullsFAA species ID NE194 reports · 18.1% damage Rock pigeonFAA species ID O211173 reports · 5.5% damage Red-tailed hawkFAA species ID K330247 reports · 12.8% damage Chimney swiftFAA species ID T100242 reports · 0.0% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N511140 reports · 0.0% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL00139 reports · 0.0% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O220535 reports · 0.0% damage Short-eared owlFAA species ID R200419 reports · 0.0% damage Eastern meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT00116 reports · 0.0% damage Peregrine falconFAA species ID K510214 reports · 0.0% damage

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

B-737-700Aircraft type469 reports · 3.4% damage B-737-8Aircraft type200 reports · 3.5% damage B-737-7Aircraft type186 reports · 3.2% damage B-737-800Aircraft type166 reports · 4.8% damage B-737-300Aircraft type143 reports · 11.2% damage B-737-200Aircraft type37 reports · 18.9% damage A-320Aircraft type23 reports · 13.0% damage A-319Aircraft type20 reports · 10.0% damage B-737-500Aircraft type20 reports · 25.0% damage B-737Aircraft type20 reports · 15.0% damage

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