California gull

The FAA database contains 357 filed wildlife-strike reports naming California gull across 51 airports; damage was indicated in 8.4% and engine ingestion in 10.4%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports3571990–export

Airports represented51distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated8.4%of filed reports

Engine ingestion10.4%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports30FAA report field

Serious / destroyed7FAA S or D level

Effect on flight30effect supplied

Reported cost$1.1Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

California gull: 2016–2025 reporting record

California gull has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 182 filed reports in the annual series.

201621 · 4.8% damage

201722 · 4.5% damage

201812 · 8.3% damage

201927 · 7.4% damage

20209 · 11.1% damage

20214 · 0.0% damage

202220 · 0.0% damage

202325 · 8.0% damage

202433 · 12.1% damage

20259 · 22.2% damage

03 / SEASON

California gull: 2021–2025 by month

California gull appears in 91 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan6

Feb2

Mar6

Apr4

May12

Jun26

Jul13

Aug2

Sep1

Oct7

Nov7

Dec5

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

California gull: published airport records

California gull has 8 published airport combinations representing 268 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KSLCSalt Lake City Intl96 reports · 8.3% damage KSJCNorman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl Arpt62 reports · 6.5% damage KLAXLos Angeles Intl30 reports · 10.0% damage KPDXPortland Intl (Or)21 reports · 9.5% damageKSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt19 reports · 10.5% damage KOAKMetro Oakland Intl19 reports · 10.5% damage KSMFSacramento Intl13 reports · 7.7% damage KNUQMoffett Federal Airfield8 reports · 0.0% damage