AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Blue-billed white tern reports at PHNL
The FAA database contains 21 filed reports pairing Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (PHNL) with Blue-billed white tern; damage was indicated in 14.3% and engine ingestion in 9.5%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports211990–export
Damage indicated314.3% of reports
Engine ingestion29.5% of reports
Latest report2025-08-21in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Blue-billed white tern reports at PHNL: 21 paired reports in the FAA file
Blue-billed white tern reports at PHNL contains 21 filed reports; 3 indicate damage and 2 record engine ingestion, while the national Blue-billed white tern parent contains 35 reports.
AIRPORTPHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportWILDLIFEBlue-billed white tern35 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.