Caspian tern

The FAA database contains 56 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Caspian tern across 25 airports; damage was indicated in 5.4% and engine ingestion in 1.8%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports561990–export

Airports represented25distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated5.4%of filed reports

Engine ingestion1.8%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports3FAA report field

Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level

Effect on flight1effect supplied

Reported cost$656Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Caspian tern: 2016–2025 reporting record

Caspian tern has 9 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 32 filed reports in the annual series.

20161 · 0.0% damage

20179 · 11.1% damage

20181 · 0.0% damage

20195 · 0.0% damage

20214 · 0.0% damage

20225 · 0.0% damage

20231 · 0.0% damage

20245 · 20.0% damage

20251 · 100.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Caspian tern: 2021–2025 by month

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

Jan0

Feb0

Mar0

Apr3

May3

Jun5

Jul2

Aug2

Sep1

Oct0

Nov0

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Caspian tern: published airport records

Caspian tern has 1 published airport combinations representing 9 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KDCARonald Reagan Washington National Arpt9 reports · 0.0% damage