Eastern cottontail

The FAA database contains 244 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Eastern cottontail across 56 airports; damage was indicated in 1.2% and engine ingestion in 0.0%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports2441990–export

Airports represented56distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated1.2%of filed reports

Engine ingestion0.0%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports3FAA report field

Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level

Effect on flight4effect supplied

Reported cost$124Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Eastern cottontail: 2016–2025 reporting record

Eastern cottontail has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 143 filed reports in the annual series.

201610 · 0.0% damage

201711 · 0.0% damage

201818 · 0.0% damage

201940 · 0.0% damage

202010 · 0.0% damage

202110 · 0.0% damage

202213 · 0.0% damage

202312 · 0.0% damage

20247 · 0.0% damage

202512 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Eastern cottontail: 2021–2025 by month

Eastern cottontail appears in 54 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan2

Feb5

Mar3

Apr5

May6

Jun5

Jul8

Aug8

Sep4

Oct2

Nov5

Dec1

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Eastern cottontail: published airport records

Eastern cottontail has 6 published airport combinations representing 150 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KDENDenver Intl Airport67 reports · 0.0% damage KATLHartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt22 reports · 0.0% damage KEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt17 reports · 0.0% damage KTEBTeterboro Airport17 reports · 0.0% damage KSEASeattle-Tacoma Intl15 reports · 0.0% damage KORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt12 reports · 8.3% damage