Common tern

The FAA database contains 60 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Common tern across 16 airports; damage was indicated in 3.3% and engine ingestion in 1.7%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports601990–export

Airports represented16distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated3.3%of filed reports

Engine ingestion1.7%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports2FAA report field

Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level

Effect on flight0effect supplied

Reported cost$105Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Common tern: 2016–2025 reporting record

Common tern has 9 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 23 filed reports in the annual series.

20164 · 0.0% damage

20183 · 0.0% damage

20191 · 0.0% damage

20201 · 0.0% damage

20213 · 33.3% damage

20223 · 0.0% damage

20233 · 0.0% damage

20243 · 0.0% damage

20252 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Common tern: 2021–2025 by month

Common tern appears in 14 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb1

Mar0

Apr1

May1

Jun1

Jul4

Aug3

Sep1

Oct0

Nov1

Dec1

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Common tern: published airport records

Common tern has 1 published airport combinations representing 40 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl40 reports · 0.0% damage