KORD / ORDILLINOIS

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt

Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt (KORD) has 7,538 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-04-27 through 2026-07-24; 1,920 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 3.6% of all reports.

Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Voluntary-report cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026

All reports7,5381990–export

2021–2025 reports1,920five complete years

Reported damage3.6%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate124.8reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt: 1,920 reports in 2021–2025

Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt filed 1,920 reports in 2021–2025, which was 557 more than the 1,363 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports2723.6% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports2192.9% of reports

Serious / destroyed61FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$53.1Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt: 2016–2025 reporting record

Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 3,283 filed reports in the annual series.

2016257 reports · 2.7% damage

2017281 reports · 3.2% damage

2018301 reports · 1.3% damage

2019320 reports · 1.9% damage

2020204 reports · 2.9% damage

2021323 reports · 0.9% damage

2022329 reports · 1.5% damage

2023329 reports · 1.5% damage

2024513 reports · 1.4% damage

2025426 reports · 1.4% damage

03 / SEASON

Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt: reports by month

Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt has 1,920 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan17

Feb22

Mar64

Apr115

May244

Jun206

Jul273

Aug296

Sep320

Oct234

Nov96

Dec33

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt: reports by flight phase

Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt has 1,019 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Approach393 · 2.0% damage

Landing Roll272 · 1.5% damage

Take-off Run142 · 1.4% damage

Climb129 · 6.2% damage

Departure42 · 4.8% damage

Arrival18 · 0.0% damage

Descent13 · 15.4% damage

Taxi5 · 0.0% damage

Phase counts use 2021–2025 reports with a supplied phase.

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt: named wildlife

Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt has 63 published named-wildlife combinations representing 4,567 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

Mourning doveFAA species ID O2205528 reports · 1.3% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI005430 reports · 0.5% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K5114428 reports · 0.0% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N5111383 reports · 0.0% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL001343 reports · 1.5% damage Red-tailed hawkFAA species ID K3302262 reports · 9.2% damage Eastern meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT001205 reports · 0.0% damage Ring-billed gullFAA species ID NE104195 reports · 2.6% damage Short-eared owlFAA species ID R2004113 reports · 0.0% damage Canada gooseFAA species ID J2204112 reports · 27.7% damage MallardFAA species ID J2109110 reports · 10.9% damage Rock pigeonFAA species ID O2111106 reports · 4.7% damage

All 63 published wildlife combinations

Mourning dove · 528 Barn swallow · 430 American kestrel · 428 Killdeer · 383 European starling · 343 Red-tailed hawk · 262 Eastern meadowlark · 205 Ring-billed gull · 195 Short-eared owl · 113 Canada goose · 112 Mallard · 110 Rock pigeon · 106 Savannah sparrow · 104 Gulls · 97 Common nighthawk · 81 Chimney swift · 76 American robin · 69 Red-winged blackbird · 52 Peregrine falcon · 50 Snowy owl · 50 Horned lark · 49 Sparrows · 44 Striped skunk · 40 Common grackle · 39 American golden-plover · 33 Rough-legged hawk · 32 Coyote · 31 Hawks · 28 Blackbirds · 26 Great blue heron · 25 Herring gull · 21 American pipit · 20 Perching birds (y) · 20 Snow bunting · 19 Ducks · 18 Eastern red bat · 18 Bank swallow · 16 Cedar waxwing · 15 American coot · 15 Spotted sandpiper · 15 American crow · 14 Tree swallow · 14 Little brown bat · 14 Swainson's thrush · 13 Brown-headed cowbird · 13 Yellow-rumped warbler · 13 Lapland longspur · 13 Song sparrow · 13 Northern rough-winged swallow · 12 Eastern cottontail · 12 Woodchuck · 11 Ducks, geese, swans · 11 Geese · 11 Raccoon · 9 Merlin · 9 Great horned owl · 9 Palm warbler · 9 Dark-eyed junco · 9 Sora · 8 Northern flicker · 8 Yellow-bellied sapsucker · 8 White-throated sparrow · 8 House sparrow · 8

06 / AIRCRAFT

Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt: aircraft types in filed reports

Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt has 43 published aircraft-type combinations representing 4,288 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

B-737-800Aircraft type438 reports · 5.3% damage EMB-170Aircraft type407 reports · 2.9% damage A-320Aircraft type357 reports · 4.5% damage EMB-145Aircraft type312 reports · 4.2% damage A-319Aircraft type247 reports · 6.1% damage CRJ700Aircraft type228 reports · 4.8% damage CRJ100/200Aircraft type220 reports · 2.3% damage B-757-200Aircraft type188 reports · 7.4% damage B-737-300Aircraft type169 reports · 8.9% damage MD-82Aircraft type155 reports · 9.0% damage

All 43 published aircraft combinations

B-737-800 · 438 EMB-170 · 407 A-320 · 357 EMB-145 · 312 A-319 · 247 CRJ700 · 228 CRJ100/200 · 220 B-757-200 · 188 B-737-300 · 169 MD-82 · 155 A-321 · 133 B-727-200 · 130 B-737-900 · 116 B-767-300 · 101 MD-80 · 94 MD-83 · 92 FOKKER F100 · 91 B-777-200 · 70 B-737-500 · 69 B-737 · 56 EMB-135 · 53 B-737-200 · 51 B-737-700 · 48 B-727 · 43 B-737-8 · 41 A-300 · 39 DC-10-10 · 39 B-737-9 · 36 B-747-400 · 34 BA-ATP · 33 B-777-300 · 23 A-330 · 19 EMB-190 · 18 A-220 · 16 B-787-8 · 16 B-767-200 · 16 B-757-300 · 15 B-777 · 14 DC-10-30 · 13 B-747-8 SERIES · 12 CRJ900 · 12 DC-10 · 12 MD-11 · 12

07 / IL

Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt: other covered airports in Illinois

Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt has 20 other published airport profiles in Illinois; 8 appear in this state-context list.

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