Bald eagle

The FAA database contains 583 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Bald eagle across 158 airports; damage was indicated in 31.7% and engine ingestion in 8.4%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports5831990–export

Airports represented158distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated31.7%of filed reports

Engine ingestion8.4%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports185FAA report field

Serious / destroyed28FAA S or D level

Effect on flight119effect supplied

Reported cost$39.9Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Bald eagle: 2016–2025 reporting record

Bald eagle has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 349 filed reports in the annual series.

201622 · 22.7% damage

201718 · 16.7% damage

201821 · 38.1% damage

201935 · 40.0% damage

202033 · 24.2% damage

202143 · 34.9% damage

202238 · 36.8% damage

202344 · 34.1% damage

202448 · 20.8% damage

202547 · 36.2% damage

03 / SEASON

Bald eagle: 2021–2025 by month

Bald eagle appears in 220 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan12

Feb23

Mar23

Apr38

May28

Jun18

Jul16

Aug11

Sep8

Oct11

Nov17

Dec15

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Bald eagle: published airport records

Bald eagle has 22 published airport combinations representing 353 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KMCOOrlando Intl58 reports · 20.7% damage KSEASeattle-Tacoma Intl23 reports · 26.1% damage KSFBOrlando Sanford Intl Arpt21 reports · 33.3% damage KIADWashington Dulles Intl Arpt20 reports · 25.0% damage KRICRichmond Intl18 reports · 22.2% damage KDCARonald Reagan Washington National Arpt18 reports · 22.2% damage KMSPMinneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Arpt18 reports · 38.9% damage KORFNorfolk Intl17 reports · 29.4% damage PASISitka Rocky Gutierrez Arpt16 reports · 25.0% damage KDENDenver Intl Airport15 reports · 20.0% damage KPHFNewport News/Williamsburg Intl15 reports · 26.7% damage PADUUnalaska Arpt14 reports · 35.7% damage PAJNJuneau Intl Arpt13 reports · 38.5% damage PADQKodiak Airport11 reports · 18.2% damage KSTPSt. Paul Downtown Arpt/Holman Field11 reports · 36.4% damage KMDTHarrisburg Intl11 reports · 45.5% damage KLSELa Crosse Municipal Airport10 reports · 30.0% damage KPHLPhiladelphia Intl10 reports · 30.0% damage PAKTKetchikan Intl Arpt9 reports · 22.2% damage KCLECleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt9 reports · 11.1% damage KDABDaytona Beach Intl8 reports · 50.0% damage PAKWKlawock Arpt8 reports · 50.0% damage