02 / YEAR LOG
Common nighthawk: 2016–2025 reporting record
Common nighthawk has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 901 filed reports in the annual series.
FAA SPECIES S5213PUBLIC FAA RECORD
WILDLIFE PROFILE
Common nighthawk
The FAA database contains 1,431 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Common nighthawk across 198 airports; damage was indicated in 0.3% and engine ingestion in 0.6%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Named-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1,4311990–export
Airports represented198distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated0.3%of filed reports
Engine ingestion0.6%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports5FAA report field
Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level
Effect on flight4effect supplied
Reported cost$262inflation-adjusted supplied values
03 / SEASON
Common nighthawk: 2021–2025 by month
Common nighthawk appears in 489 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS
Common nighthawk: published airport records
Common nighthawk has 53 published airport combinations representing 1,101 filed reports that met the publication threshold.
KORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt81 reports · 0.0% damageKMCIKansas City Intl63 reports · 1.6% damageKMSPMinneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Arpt59 reports · 0.0% damageKOKCWill Rogers World Arpt54 reports · 0.0% damageKRSWSouthwest Florida Intl Arpt51 reports · 0.0% damageKDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt49 reports · 0.0% damageKMEMMemphis Intl39 reports · 0.0% damageKAUSAustin-Bergstrom Intl38 reports · 0.0% damageKATLHartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt37 reports · 0.0% damageKIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt33 reports · 0.0% damageKOMAEppley Airfield32 reports · 0.0% damageKSRQSarasota-Bradenton Intl Arpt30 reports · 0.0% damageKDSMDes Moines Intl29 reports · 0.0% damageKPIAPeoria Intl Arpt28 reports · 0.0% damageKDENDenver Intl Airport24 reports · 0.0% damageKSATSan Antonio Intl23 reports · 0.0% damageKHOUWilliam P Hobby Arpt20 reports · 0.0% damageKJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl20 reports · 0.0% damageKSLCSalt Lake City Intl19 reports · 0.0% damageKMFEMc Allen Miller Intl18 reports · 0.0% damageKDABDaytona Beach Intl17 reports · 0.0% damageKCRPCorpus Christi Intl Arpt15 reports · 0.0% damageKEFDEllington Field Arpt15 reports · 0.0% damageKDALDallas Love Field Arpt15 reports · 0.0% damageKHSVHuntsville Intl Arpt-Carl T Jones Field14 reports · 0.0% damageKGNVGainesville Reg Arpt14 reports · 0.0% damageKPITPittsburgh Intl Arpt14 reports · 0.0% damageKMSYLouie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt13 reports · 0.0% damageKMKEGeneral Mitchell Intl12 reports · 0.0% damageKSAVSavannah/Hilton Head Intl Arpt11 reports · 0.0% damageKTULTulsa Intl11 reports · 0.0% damageKSUXSioux Gateway Arpt/Col. Bud Day Field11 reports · 0.0% damageKBNANashville Intl11 reports · 0.0% damageKPGDPunta Gorda Arpt10 reports · 0.0% damageKGPTGulfport-Biloxi Intl Aprt10 reports · 0.0% damageKCLTCharlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt10 reports · 0.0% damageKLNKLincoln Arpt10 reports · 0.0% damageKSTLLambert-St Louis Intl10 reports · 0.0% damageKSDFMuhammad Ali International10 reports · 10.0% damageKMDWChicago Midway Intl Arpt10 reports · 10.0% damageKJAXJacksonville Intl10 reports · 10.0% damageKCMHJohn Glenn Columbus Intl Arpt9 reports · 0.0% damageKLCKRickenbacker Intl9 reports · 0.0% damageKLITBill And Hillary Clinton Natl Arpt/Adams Field9 reports · 0.0% damageKMAFMidland Intl9 reports · 0.0% damageKTYSMcghee Tyson Arpt9 reports · 0.0% damageKEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt8 reports · 0.0% damageKCVGCincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl Arpt8 reports · 0.0% damageKBGRBangor Intl8 reports · 0.0% damageKDTWDetroit Metro Wayne County Arpt8 reports · 0.0% damage