02 / YEAR LOG
American coot: 2016–2025 reporting record
American coot has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 229 filed reports in the annual series.
FAA SPECIES M7005PUBLIC FAA RECORD
WILDLIFE PROFILE
American coot
The FAA database contains 436 filed wildlife-strike reports naming American coot across 96 airports; damage was indicated in 14.9% and engine ingestion in 6.2%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Named-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports4361990–export
Airports represented96distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated14.9%of filed reports
Engine ingestion6.2%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports65FAA report field
Serious / destroyed9FAA S or D level
Effect on flight23effect supplied
Reported cost$9.5Minflation-adjusted supplied values
03 / SEASON
American coot: 2021–2025 by month
American coot appears in 109 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS
American coot: published airport records
American coot has 13 published airport combinations representing 259 filed reports that met the publication threshold.
KSLCSalt Lake City Intl51 reports · 21.6% damageKLAXLos Angeles Intl40 reports · 2.5% damageKMSPMinneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Arpt27 reports · 22.2% damageKPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor Intl Arpt27 reports · 0.0% damageKLASHarry Reid International Airport18 reports · 5.6% damageKJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl18 reports · 0.0% damageKSMFSacramento Intl16 reports · 31.2% damageKORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt15 reports · 13.3% damageKDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt13 reports · 38.5% damageKSEASeattle-Tacoma Intl9 reports · 22.2% damageKPDXPortland Intl (Or)9 reports · 22.2% damageKMCIKansas City Intl8 reports · 37.5% damageKMEMMemphis Intl8 reports · 25.0% damage