Black skimmer

The FAA database contains 41 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Black skimmer across 13 airports; damage was indicated in 2.4% and engine ingestion in 2.4%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports411990–export

Airports represented13distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated2.4%of filed reports

Engine ingestion2.4%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports1FAA report field

Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level

Effect on flight0effect supplied

Reported cost$0inflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Black skimmer: 2016–2025 reporting record

Black skimmer has 9 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 25 filed reports in the annual series.

20163 · 0.0% damage

20171 · 0.0% damage

20182 · 0.0% damage

20193 · 0.0% damage

20212 · 0.0% damage

20225 · 0.0% damage

20233 · 0.0% damage

20242 · 0.0% damage

20254 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Black skimmer: 2021–2025 by month

Black skimmer appears in 16 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb0

Mar0

Apr1

May0

Jun3

Jul3

Aug5

Sep1

Oct2

Nov1

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Black skimmer: published airport records

Black skimmer has 1 published airport combinations representing 15 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl15 reports · 6.7% damage