Franklin's gull

The FAA database contains 287 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Franklin's gull across 47 airports; damage was indicated in 7.0% and engine ingestion in 7.7%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports2871990–export

Airports represented47distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated7.0%of filed reports

Engine ingestion7.7%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports20FAA report field

Serious / destroyed6FAA S or D level

Effect on flight31effect supplied

Reported cost$293Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Franklin's gull: 2016–2025 reporting record

Franklin's gull has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 157 filed reports in the annual series.

201627 · 3.7% damage

201713 · 7.7% damage

201824 · 16.7% damage

20198 · 25.0% damage

202015 · 26.7% damage

202115 · 0.0% damage

20228 · 0.0% damage

202331 · 0.0% damage

20247 · 0.0% damage

20259 · 11.1% damage

03 / SEASON

Franklin's gull: 2021–2025 by month

Franklin's gull appears in 70 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb0

Mar0

Apr33

May13

Jun1

Jul1

Aug7

Sep8

Oct7

Nov0

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Franklin's gull: published airport records

Franklin's gull has 8 published airport combinations representing 202 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt68 reports · 4.4% damage KGFKGrand Forks Intl33 reports · 9.1% damage KFARHector International31 reports · 6.5% damage KOKCWill Rogers World Arpt23 reports · 8.7% damage KSLCSalt Lake City Intl21 reports · 0.0% damage KBISBismarck Municipal Arpt9 reports · 0.0% damage KLNKLincoln Arpt9 reports · 11.1% damage KMCIKansas City Intl8 reports · 12.5% damage