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FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026

RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD

FAA SPECIES YL001PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

European starling

A report-level view of European starling in the FAA National Wildlife Strike Database. Damage shares are conditional on a report being filed, not an unconditional flight risk.

Filed reports7,0081990–export

Airports represented436distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated2.3%of filed reports

Engine ingestion3.3%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports159FAA report field

Serious / destroyed41FAA S or D level

Effect on flight248effect supplied

Reported cost$10.3Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

2016265 · 0.4% damage

2017334 · 1.2% damage

2018265 · 1.1% damage

2019300 · 1.0% damage

2020224 · 2.7% damage

2021243 · 0.4% damage

2022286 · 0.7% damage

2023274 · 1.8% damage

2024369 · 0.8% damage

2025339 · 0.9% damage

03 / SEASON

2021–2025 by month

Jan35

Feb36

Mar49

Apr82

May239

Jun299

Jul297

Aug181

Sep115

Oct85

Nov55

Dec38

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Where this wildlife category appears

Only airport combinations with at least the publication threshold are listed.

KORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt343 reports · 1.5% damage KCVGCincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl Arpt255 reports · 2.0% damage KATLHartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt246 reports · 2.8% damage KDTWDetroit Metro Wayne County Arpt242 reports · 1.2% damage KPHLPhiladelphia Intl231 reports · 2.2% damage KPITPittsburgh Intl Arpt198 reports · 1.5% damage KBWIBaltimore/Wash Intl Thurgood Marshal Arpt186 reports · 2.2% damage KSDFMuhammad Ali International150 reports · 3.3% damage KCLECleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt150 reports · 2.7% damage KCMHJohn Glenn Columbus Intl Arpt145 reports · 3.4% damage KTEBTeterboro Airport139 reports · 2.2% damage KMCIKansas City Intl137 reports · 2.2% damage KBNANashville Intl128 reports · 2.3% damage KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl126 reports · 1.6% damage KBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt117 reports · 1.7% damage KEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt104 reports · 1.9% damage KINDIndianapolis Intl Arpt101 reports · 3.0% damage KIADWashington Dulles Intl Arpt100 reports · 8.0% damage KMMUMorristown Municipal Arpt94 reports · 1.1% damage KMSPMinneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Arpt92 reports · 1.1% damage KLGALa Guardia Arpt82 reports · 0.0% damage KGRRGerald R. Ford Intl Arpt82 reports · 1.2% damage KMEMMemphis Intl81 reports · 1.2% damage KSLCSalt Lake City Intl80 reports · 1.2% damage KBUFBuffalo-Niagara Intl78 reports · 0.0% damage KCLTCharlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt75 reports · 1.3% damage KDAYJames M Cox Dayton Intl71 reports · 2.8% damage KMSYLouie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt67 reports · 3.0% damage KSEASeattle-Tacoma Intl67 reports · 3.0% damage KDSMDes Moines Intl64 reports · 0.0% damage KDCARonald Reagan Washington National Arpt64 reports · 4.7% damage KALBAlbany Intl63 reports · 0.0% damage KDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt63 reports · 0.0% damage KSTLLambert-St Louis Intl57 reports · 3.5% damage KPDXPortland Intl (Or)55 reports · 5.5% damageKOMAEppley Airfield49 reports · 2.0% damage KLEXBlue Grass Arpt49 reports · 0.0% damage KHPNWestchester County Arpt45 reports · 4.4% damage KBKLBurke Lakefront44 reports · 4.5% damage KSMFSacramento Intl40 reports · 2.5% damage KPVDRhode Island Tf Green International Airport39 reports · 0.0% damage KMDWChicago Midway Intl Arpt39 reports · 0.0% damage KORFNorfolk Intl38 reports · 5.3% damage KRDURaleigh-Durham Intl38 reports · 0.0% damage KFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl35 reports · 5.7% damage KDALDallas Love Field Arpt34 reports · 0.0% damage KFWAFort Wayne Intl33 reports · 0.0% damage KABELehigh Valley Intl33 reports · 0.0% damage KTYSMcghee Tyson Arpt31 reports · 0.0% damage KLANCapital Region Intl Arpt31 reports · 3.2% damage