Canada goose

The FAA database contains 2,225 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Canada goose across 507 airports; damage was indicated in 44.6% and engine ingestion in 12.2%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports2,2251990–export

Airports represented507distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated44.6%of filed reports

Engine ingestion12.2%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports993FAA report field

Serious / destroyed257FAA S or D level

Effect on flight532effect supplied

Reported cost$262.4Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Canada goose: 2016–2025 reporting record

Canada goose has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 679 filed reports in the annual series.

201655 · 43.6% damage

201776 · 43.4% damage

201865 · 33.8% damage

201975 · 42.7% damage

202046 · 43.5% damage

202160 · 33.3% damage

202270 · 24.3% damage

202379 · 30.4% damage

202481 · 40.7% damage

202572 · 43.1% damage

03 / SEASON

Canada goose: 2021–2025 by month

Canada goose appears in 362 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan33

Feb25

Mar23

Apr35

May33

Jun8

Jul20

Aug40

Sep55

Oct28

Nov21

Dec41

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Canada goose: published airport records

Canada goose has 64 published airport combinations representing 1,349 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt112 reports · 27.7% damage KEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt69 reports · 53.6% damage KPHLPhiladelphia Intl65 reports · 52.3% damage KLGALa Guardia Arpt58 reports · 50.0% damage KMSPMinneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Arpt54 reports · 33.3% damage KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl51 reports · 39.2% damage KDXRDanbury Municipal Arpt44 reports · 38.6% damage KOAKMetro Oakland Intl42 reports · 33.3% damage KPWKChicago Executive Arpt42 reports · 45.2% damage KIADWashington Dulles Intl Arpt41 reports · 39.0% damage KDCARonald Reagan Washington National Arpt39 reports · 30.8% damage KORFNorfolk Intl31 reports · 12.9% damage KDENDenver Intl Airport30 reports · 40.0% damage KTEBTeterboro Airport28 reports · 39.3% damage KMMUMorristown Municipal Arpt26 reports · 46.2% damage KPDXPortland Intl (Or)25 reports · 40.0% damageKGONGroton-New London Ar23 reports · 34.8% damage KCMHJohn Glenn Columbus Intl Arpt21 reports · 28.6% damage KCLECleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt20 reports · 45.0% damage KCLTCharlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt18 reports · 33.3% damage KPAOPalo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara County18 reports · 22.2% damage KBWIBaltimore/Wash Intl Thurgood Marshal Arpt18 reports · 33.3% damage KMDTHarrisburg Intl17 reports · 29.4% damage KPITPittsburgh Intl Arpt17 reports · 52.9% damage KBKLBurke Lakefront17 reports · 11.8% damage KHPNWestchester County Arpt16 reports · 43.8% damage KSLCSalt Lake City Intl16 reports · 56.2% damage KTTNTrenton Mercer Arpt15 reports · 40.0% damage KBUFBuffalo-Niagara Intl14 reports · 21.4% damage KDTWDetroit Metro Wayne County Arpt14 reports · 28.6% damage KBFIBoeing Field/King County Intl Arpt13 reports · 38.5% damage KMCIKansas City Intl13 reports · 61.5% damage KSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt13 reports · 38.5% damage KFSDJoe Foss Field Arpt13 reports · 61.5% damage KMKEGeneral Mitchell Intl13 reports · 53.8% damage KMEMMemphis Intl13 reports · 46.2% damage KGSOPiedmont Triad Intl12 reports · 66.7% damage KSTLLambert-St Louis Intl12 reports · 58.3% damage KCVGCincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl Arpt12 reports · 41.7% damage KAPACentennial Arpt12 reports · 41.7% damage KBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt12 reports · 41.7% damage KALBAlbany Intl11 reports · 63.6% damage KRNTRenton Municipal Arpt11 reports · 36.4% damage KFRGRepublic Airport11 reports · 54.5% damage KSQLSan Carlos Arpt10 reports · 50.0% damage KBDRIgor I Sikorsky Memorial10 reports · 40.0% damage KGRBAustin Straubel Intl10 reports · 30.0% damage KSEASeattle-Tacoma Intl10 reports · 40.0% damage KSDFMuhammad Ali International10 reports · 20.0% damage KSBASanta Barbara Municipal9 reports · 44.4% damage