Ducks

The FAA database contains 853 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Ducks across 257 airports; damage was indicated in 28.6% and engine ingestion in 7.6%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports8531990–export

Airports represented257distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated28.6%of filed reports

Engine ingestion7.6%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports244FAA report field

Serious / destroyed40FAA S or D level

Effect on flight103effect supplied

Reported cost$10.3Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Ducks: 2016–2025 reporting record

Ducks has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 139 filed reports in the annual series.

201613 · 0.0% damage

201710 · 30.0% damage

201825 · 12.0% damage

201923 · 13.0% damage

202011 · 27.3% damage

20218 · 12.5% damage

20229 · 33.3% damage

202311 · 27.3% damage

202414 · 28.6% damage

202515 · 26.7% damage

03 / SEASON

Ducks: 2021–2025 by month

Ducks appears in 57 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan5

Feb4

Mar6

Apr11

May6

Jun3

Jul2

Aug1

Sep2

Oct4

Nov5

Dec8

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Ducks: published airport records

Ducks has 25 published airport combinations representing 388 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KSMFSacramento Intl74 reports · 35.1% damage KSLCSalt Lake City Intl31 reports · 29.0% damage KMSPMinneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Arpt28 reports · 28.6% damage KORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt18 reports · 22.2% damage KPHLPhiladelphia Intl17 reports · 17.6% damage KMEMMemphis Intl15 reports · 26.7% damage KDCARonald Reagan Washington National Arpt15 reports · 33.3% damage KOAKMetro Oakland Intl14 reports · 14.3% damage KOMAEppley Airfield14 reports · 14.3% damage KEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt13 reports · 23.1% damage KPDXPortland Intl (Or)12 reports · 8.3% damageKPITPittsburgh Intl Arpt12 reports · 16.7% damage PAFAFairbanks Intl Arpt11 reports · 27.3% damage KSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt11 reports · 18.2% damage KMCOOrlando Intl11 reports · 27.3% damage KSDFMuhammad Ali International11 reports · 27.3% damage KMCIKansas City Intl10 reports · 30.0% damage KMSYLouie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt10 reports · 20.0% damage KBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt10 reports · 30.0% damage KLGALa Guardia Arpt9 reports · 11.1% damage KRNOReno Tahoe Intl9 reports · 11.1% damage KSTLLambert-St Louis Intl9 reports · 11.1% damage KAPCNapa County Arpt8 reports · 25.0% damage KDENDenver Intl Airport8 reports · 12.5% damage PALHLake Hood (Spb)8 reports · 0.0% damage