02 / YEAR LOG
European starling: 2016–2025 reporting record
European starling has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 2,899 filed reports in the annual series.
FAA SPECIES YL001PUBLIC FAA RECORD
WILDLIFE PROFILE
European starling
The FAA database contains 7,008 filed wildlife-strike reports naming European starling across 436 airports; damage was indicated in 2.3% and engine ingestion in 3.3%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Named-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
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
03 / SEASON
European starling: 2021–2025 by month
European starling appears in 1,511 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS
European starling: published airport records
European starling has 142 published airport combinations representing 6,299 filed reports that met the publication threshold.
KORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt343 reports · 1.5% damageKCVGCincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl Arpt255 reports · 2.0% damageKATLHartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt246 reports · 2.8% damageKDTWDetroit Metro Wayne County Arpt242 reports · 1.2% damageKPHLPhiladelphia Intl231 reports · 2.2% damageKPITPittsburgh Intl Arpt198 reports · 1.5% damageKBWIBaltimore/Wash Intl Thurgood Marshal Arpt186 reports · 2.2% damageKSDFMuhammad Ali International150 reports · 3.3% damageKCLECleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt150 reports · 2.7% damageKCMHJohn Glenn Columbus Intl Arpt145 reports · 3.4% damageKTEBTeterboro Airport139 reports · 2.2% damageKMCIKansas City Intl137 reports · 2.2% damageKBNANashville Intl128 reports · 2.3% damageKJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl126 reports · 1.6% damageKBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt117 reports · 1.7% damageKEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt104 reports · 1.9% damageKINDIndianapolis Intl Arpt101 reports · 3.0% damageKIADWashington Dulles Intl Arpt100 reports · 8.0% damageKMMUMorristown Municipal Arpt94 reports · 1.1% damageKMSPMinneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Arpt92 reports · 1.1% damageKLGALa Guardia Arpt82 reports · 0.0% damageKGRRGerald R. Ford Intl Arpt82 reports · 1.2% damageKMEMMemphis Intl81 reports · 1.2% damageKSLCSalt Lake City Intl80 reports · 1.2% damageKBUFBuffalo-Niagara Intl78 reports · 0.0% damageKCLTCharlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt75 reports · 1.3% damageKDAYJames M Cox Dayton Intl71 reports · 2.8% damageKMSYLouie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt67 reports · 3.0% damageKSEASeattle-Tacoma Intl67 reports · 3.0% damageKDSMDes Moines Intl64 reports · 0.0% damageKDCARonald Reagan Washington National Arpt64 reports · 4.7% damageKALBAlbany Intl63 reports · 0.0% damageKDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt63 reports · 0.0% damageKSTLLambert-St Louis Intl57 reports · 3.5% damageKPDXPortland Intl (Or)55 reports · 5.5% damageKOMAEppley Airfield49 reports · 2.0% damageKLEXBlue Grass Arpt49 reports · 0.0% damageKHPNWestchester County Arpt45 reports · 4.4% damageKBKLBurke Lakefront44 reports · 4.5% damageKSMFSacramento Intl40 reports · 2.5% damageKPVDRhode Island Tf Green International Airport39 reports · 0.0% damageKMDWChicago Midway Intl Arpt39 reports · 0.0% damageKORFNorfolk Intl38 reports · 5.3% damageKRDURaleigh-Durham Intl38 reports · 0.0% damageKFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl35 reports · 5.7% damageKDALDallas Love Field Arpt34 reports · 0.0% damageKFWAFort Wayne Intl33 reports · 0.0% damageKABELehigh Valley Intl33 reports · 0.0% damageKTYSMcghee Tyson Arpt31 reports · 0.0% damageKLANCapital Region Intl Arpt31 reports · 3.2% damage