Blue-billed white tern

The FAA database contains 35 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Blue-billed white tern across 5 airports; damage was indicated in 8.6% and engine ingestion in 5.7%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports351990–export

Airports represented5distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated8.6%of filed reports

Engine ingestion5.7%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports3FAA report field

Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level

Effect on flight2effect supplied

Reported cost$0inflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Blue-billed white tern: 2016–2025 reporting record

Blue-billed white tern has 9 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 25 filed reports in the annual series.

20171 · 0.0% damage

20183 · 0.0% damage

20191 · 0.0% damage

20202 · 0.0% damage

20211 · 0.0% damage

20224 · 25.0% damage

20235 · 20.0% damage

20242 · 0.0% damage

20256 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Blue-billed white tern: 2021–2025 by month

Blue-billed white tern appears in 18 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan2

Feb1

Mar1

Apr4

May3

Jun2

Jul2

Aug2

Sep0

Oct1

Nov0

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Blue-billed white tern: published airport records

Blue-billed white tern has 2 published airport combinations representing 31 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

PHNLDaniel K. Inouye International Airport21 reports · 14.3% damage PGSNFrancisco C. Ada/Saipan Intl Arpt10 reports · 0.0% damage