FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES ZT1PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

Blackbirds

The FAA database contains 1,321 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Blackbirds across 272 airports; damage was indicated in 6.1% and engine ingestion in 3.5%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1,3211990–export
Airports represented272distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated6.1%of filed reports
Engine ingestion3.5%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports80FAA report field
Serious / destroyed15FAA S or D level
Effect on flight86effect supplied
Reported cost$2.0Minflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

Blackbirds: 2016–2025 reporting record

Blackbirds has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 69 filed reports in the annual series.

201615 · 13.3% damage
20176 · 0.0% damage
20189 · 11.1% damage
201911 · 0.0% damage
20204 · 0.0% damage
20217 · 0.0% damage
20227 · 14.3% damage
20234 · 25.0% damage
20244 · 0.0% damage
20252 · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

Blackbirds: 2021–2025 by month

Blackbirds appears in 24 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan6
Feb1
Mar1
Apr2
May0
Jun7
Jul2
Aug1
Sep1
Oct2
Nov1
Dec0
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Blackbirds: published airport records

Blackbirds has 47 published airport combinations representing 792 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt55 reports · 9.1% damageKBNANashville Intl50 reports · 2.0% damageKCVGCincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl Arpt39 reports · 2.6% damageKPITPittsburgh Intl Arpt35 reports · 5.7% damageKMEMMemphis Intl29 reports · 3.4% damageKATLHartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt28 reports · 3.6% damageKCLTCharlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt28 reports · 3.6% damageKIADWashington Dulles Intl Arpt28 reports · 10.7% damageKORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt26 reports · 3.8% damageKSTLLambert-St Louis Intl26 reports · 7.7% damageKBWIBaltimore/Wash Intl Thurgood Marshal Arpt22 reports · 0.0% damageKPHLPhiladelphia Intl20 reports · 10.0% damageKBHMBirmingham-Shuttlesworth Intl19 reports · 15.8% damageKDALDallas Love Field Arpt19 reports · 5.3% damageKMCOOrlando Intl17 reports · 5.9% damageKMSYLouie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt17 reports · 17.6% damageKSMFSacramento Intl16 reports · 6.2% damageKBUFBuffalo-Niagara Intl16 reports · 0.0% damageKHOUWilliam P Hobby Arpt15 reports · 6.7% damageKAUSAustin-Bergstrom Intl15 reports · 0.0% damageKDCARonald Reagan Washington National Arpt14 reports · 7.1% damageKRDURaleigh-Durham Intl14 reports · 0.0% damageKDSMDes Moines Intl14 reports · 0.0% damageKMCIKansas City Intl14 reports · 7.1% damageKLITBill And Hillary Clinton Natl Arpt/Adams Field13 reports · 7.7% damageKRSWSouthwest Florida Intl Arpt12 reports · 0.0% damageKOMAEppley Airfield12 reports · 0.0% damageKPNSPensacola Intl Arpt10 reports · 10.0% damageKCMHJohn Glenn Columbus Intl Arpt10 reports · 0.0% damageKAGSAugusta Regional Arpt At Bush Fld10 reports · 0.0% damageKFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl10 reports · 0.0% damageKIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt10 reports · 0.0% damageKTPATampa Intl10 reports · 0.0% damageKCLECleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt9 reports · 0.0% damageKORFNorfolk Intl9 reports · 11.1% damageKMIAMiami Intl9 reports · 11.1% damageKINDIndianapolis Intl Arpt9 reports · 11.1% damageKMLIQuad City Arpt9 reports · 0.0% damageKPDKDekalb-Peachtree Arpt9 reports · 0.0% damageKSATSan Antonio Intl9 reports · 0.0% damageKMDWChicago Midway Intl Arpt8 reports · 0.0% damageKILMWilmington Intl8 reports · 0.0% damageKJANJackson Evers Intl8 reports · 12.5% damageKMSPMinneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Arpt8 reports · 0.0% damageKROCGreater Rochester Intl8 reports · 0.0% damageKROARoanoke Regnl Arpt/Woodrum Field8 reports · 0.0% damageKSDFMuhammad Ali International8 reports · 0.0% damage