02 / YEAR LOG
Chicago Midway Intl Arpt: 2016–2025 reporting record
Chicago Midway Intl Arpt has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 932 filed reports in the annual series.
KMDW / MDWILLINOIS
AIRPORT REPORT LOG
Chicago Midway Intl Arpt
Chicago Midway Intl Arpt (KMDW) has 2,317 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-05-19 through 2026-07-20; 503 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 4.0% of all reports.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Voluntary-report cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
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
Chicago Midway Intl Arpt: 503 reports in 2021–2025
Chicago Midway Intl Arpt filed 503 reports in 2021–2025, which was 74 more than the 429 reports filed in 2016–2020.
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
03 / SEASON
Chicago Midway Intl Arpt: reports by month
Chicago Midway Intl Arpt has 503 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.
Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.
04 / FLIGHT PHASE
Chicago Midway Intl Arpt: reports by flight phase
Chicago Midway Intl Arpt has 377 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.
Phase counts use 2021–2025 reports with a supplied phase.
05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE
Chicago Midway Intl Arpt: named wildlife
Chicago Midway Intl Arpt has 19 published named-wildlife combinations representing 1,108 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.
American kestrelFAA species ID K5114510 reports · 0.2% damageRing-billed gullFAA species ID NE104113 reports · 0.9% damageGullsFAA species ID NE194 reports · 18.1% damageRock pigeonFAA species ID O211173 reports · 5.5% damageRed-tailed hawkFAA species ID K330247 reports · 12.8% damageChimney swiftFAA species ID T100242 reports · 0.0% damageKilldeerFAA species ID N511140 reports · 0.0% damageEuropean starlingFAA species ID YL00139 reports · 0.0% damageMourning doveFAA species ID O220535 reports · 0.0% damageShort-eared owlFAA species ID R200419 reports · 0.0% damageEastern meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT00116 reports · 0.0% damagePeregrine falconFAA species ID K510214 reports · 0.0% damage
All 19 published wildlife combinations
American kestrel · 510Ring-billed gull · 113Gulls · 94Rock pigeon · 73Red-tailed hawk · 47Chimney swift · 42Killdeer · 40European starling · 39Mourning dove · 35Short-eared owl · 19Eastern meadowlark · 16Peregrine falcon · 14Barn swallow · 13Common nighthawk · 10Snowy owl · 10Canada goose · 9American robin · 8Blackbirds · 8Sparrows · 8
06 / AIRCRAFT
Chicago Midway Intl Arpt: aircraft types in filed reports
Chicago Midway Intl Arpt has 12 published aircraft-type combinations representing 1,317 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.
B-737-700Aircraft type469 reports · 3.4% damageB-737-8Aircraft type200 reports · 3.5% damageB-737-7Aircraft type186 reports · 3.2% damageB-737-800Aircraft type166 reports · 4.8% damageB-737-300Aircraft type143 reports · 11.2% damageB-737-200Aircraft type37 reports · 18.9% damageA-320Aircraft type23 reports · 13.0% damageA-319Aircraft type20 reports · 10.0% damageB-737-500Aircraft type20 reports · 25.0% damageB-737Aircraft type20 reports · 15.0% damage
07 / IL
Open state record →Chicago Midway Intl Arpt: other covered airports in Illinois
Chicago Midway Intl Arpt has 20 other published airport profiles in Illinois; 8 appear in this state-context list.