AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
White-headed gull complex reports at KSJC
The FAA database contains 15 filed reports pairing Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl Arpt (KSJC) with White-headed gull complex; damage was indicated in 20.0% and engine ingestion in 13.3%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports151990–export
Damage indicated320.0% of reports
Engine ingestion213.3% of reports
Latest report2022-05-27in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
White-headed gull complex reports at KSJC: 15 paired reports in the FAA file
White-headed gull complex reports at KSJC contains 15 filed reports; 3 indicate damage and 2 record engine ingestion, while the national White-headed gull complex parent contains 411 reports.
AIRPORTKSJCNorman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl ArptWILDLIFEWhite-headed gull complex411 reports nationally
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.