FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES T1002PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

Chimney swift

The FAA database contains 1,698 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Chimney swift across 149 airports; damage was indicated in 0.8% and engine ingestion in 1.4%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1,6981990–export
Airports represented149distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated0.8%of filed reports
Engine ingestion1.4%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports13FAA report field
Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level
Effect on flight16effect supplied
Reported cost$120Kinflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

Chimney swift: 2016–2025 reporting record

Chimney swift has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 1,145 filed reports in the annual series.

2016101 · 0.0% damage
201795 · 1.1% damage
2018118 · 0.0% damage
2019119 · 2.5% damage
202064 · 0.0% damage
2021115 · 0.9% damage
2022119 · 1.7% damage
2023118 · 0.8% damage
2024136 · 0.7% damage
2025160 · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

Chimney swift: 2021–2025 by month

Chimney swift appears in 648 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0
Feb1
Mar2
Apr28
May80
Jun85
Jul136
Aug134
Sep116
Oct66
Nov0
Dec0
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Chimney swift: published airport records

Chimney swift has 45 published airport combinations representing 1,453 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KCLTCharlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt195 reports · 0.5% damageKATLHartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt153 reports · 0.0% damageKORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt76 reports · 2.6% damageKLGALa Guardia Arpt58 reports · 0.0% damageKCLECleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt56 reports · 0.0% damageKDCARonald Reagan Washington National Arpt53 reports · 0.0% damageKTEBTeterboro Airport53 reports · 3.8% damageKPVDRhode Island Tf Green International Airport47 reports · 0.0% damageKBKLBurke Lakefront44 reports · 0.0% damageKPITPittsburgh Intl Arpt43 reports · 0.0% damageKMDWChicago Midway Intl Arpt42 reports · 0.0% damageKMEMMemphis Intl40 reports · 0.0% damageKBNANashville Intl39 reports · 0.0% damageKEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt39 reports · 0.0% damageKBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt38 reports · 0.0% damageKBWIBaltimore/Wash Intl Thurgood Marshal Arpt30 reports · 3.3% damageKSTLLambert-St Louis Intl27 reports · 0.0% damageKCVGCincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl Arpt27 reports · 0.0% damageKBHMBirmingham-Shuttlesworth Intl25 reports · 4.0% damageKIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt25 reports · 0.0% damageKDTWDetroit Metro Wayne County Arpt24 reports · 0.0% damageKMSPMinneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Arpt23 reports · 0.0% damageKJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl22 reports · 0.0% damageKMKCCharles B Wheeler Downtown Arpt22 reports · 4.5% damageKABELehigh Valley Intl20 reports · 0.0% damageKDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt20 reports · 0.0% damageKMCIKansas City Intl18 reports · 0.0% damageKMLBMelbourne Intl16 reports · 0.0% damageKPIAPeoria Intl Arpt14 reports · 0.0% damageKRFDChicago/Rockford Intl Arpt13 reports · 0.0% damageKHPNWestchester County Arpt13 reports · 0.0% damageKBEDLaurence G Hanscom Field Arpt13 reports · 0.0% damageKPHLPhiladelphia Intl13 reports · 0.0% damageKFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl12 reports · 0.0% damageKLITBill And Hillary Clinton Natl Arpt/Adams Field11 reports · 0.0% damageKEVVEvansville Regional10 reports · 0.0% damageKMDTHarrisburg Intl10 reports · 0.0% damageKHVNTweed-New Haven Arpt10 reports · 0.0% damageKCMHJohn Glenn Columbus Intl Arpt9 reports · 0.0% damageKOMAEppley Airfield9 reports · 11.1% damageKDALDallas Love Field Arpt9 reports · 0.0% damageKBTRBaton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field8 reports · 0.0% damageKIADWashington Dulles Intl Arpt8 reports · 0.0% damageKORFNorfolk Intl8 reports · 0.0% damageKTYSMcghee Tyson Arpt8 reports · 0.0% damage