FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES R1101PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

American barn owl

The FAA database contains 2,370 filed wildlife-strike reports naming American barn owl across 166 airports; damage was indicated in 2.5% and engine ingestion in 2.7%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Named-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026

Filed reports2,3701990–export
Airports represented166distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated2.5%of filed reports
Engine ingestion2.7%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports59FAA report field
Serious / destroyed15FAA S or D level
Effect on flight38effect supplied
Reported cost$4.2Minflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

American barn owl: 2016–2025 reporting record

American barn owl has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 1,144 filed reports in the annual series.

201681 · 2.5% damage
2017114 · 2.6% damage
2018130 · 2.3% damage
201995 · 4.2% damage
202095 · 0.0% damage
202186 · 0.0% damage
2022133 · 1.5% damage
2023100 · 2.0% damage
2024189 · 1.1% damage
2025121 · 3.3% damage
03 / SEASON

American barn owl: 2021–2025 by month

American barn owl appears in 629 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan32
Feb41
Mar32
Apr36
May25
Jun50
Jul72
Aug82
Sep83
Oct69
Nov65
Dec42
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

American barn owl: published airport records

American barn owl has 36 published airport combinations representing 2,101 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

PHNLDaniel K. Inouye International Airport190 reports · 2.1% damageKSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt177 reports · 2.8% damageKPDXPortland Intl (Or)171 reports · 4.1% damageKJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl170 reports · 1.8% damageKLAXLos Angeles Intl150 reports · 0.7% damageKSEASeattle-Tacoma Intl130 reports · 1.5% damageKSJCNorman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl Arpt128 reports · 0.8% damagePHLILihue Arpt109 reports · 2.8% damageKONTOntario Intl Arpt102 reports · 2.0% damageKSLCSalt Lake City Intl99 reports · 2.0% damageKSMFSacramento Intl87 reports · 2.3% damagePHOGKahului Arpt78 reports · 5.1% damageKDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt67 reports · 3.0% damageKOAKMetro Oakland Intl50 reports · 2.0% damageKATLHartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt47 reports · 2.1% damageKMEMMemphis Intl39 reports · 0.0% damageKDENDenver Intl Airport34 reports · 2.9% damageKBNANashville Intl27 reports · 3.7% damageKLGBLong Beach-Daugh Fld25 reports · 0.0% damageKSNAJohn Wayne-Orange County Arpt23 reports · 4.3% damageKTEBTeterboro Airport19 reports · 0.0% damageKEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt17 reports · 5.9% damageKSBASanta Barbara Municipal16 reports · 6.2% damageKSCKStockton Metro14 reports · 0.0% damageKHOUWilliam P Hobby Arpt14 reports · 7.1% damageKTPATampa Intl13 reports · 0.0% damagePHTOHilo Intl Arpt12 reports · 8.3% damageKIADWashington Dulles Intl Arpt12 reports · 0.0% damageKMFRRogue Valley Intl - Medford Arpt11 reports · 0.0% damageKFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl11 reports · 0.0% damageKEUGMahlon Sweet Fld11 reports · 9.1% damageKAPCNapa County Arpt10 reports · 0.0% damageKMHRSacramento Mather Arpt10 reports · 10.0% damageKMSYLouie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt10 reports · 0.0% damageKYKMYakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field10 reports · 10.0% damageKAUSAustin-Bergstrom Intl8 reports · 0.0% damage