Free-tailed bats

The FAA database contains 131 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Free-tailed bats across 34 airports; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 1.5%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1311990–export

Airports represented34distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated0.0%of filed reports

Engine ingestion1.5%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports0FAA report field

Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level

Effect on flight0effect supplied

Reported cost$378inflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Free-tailed bats: 2016–2025 reporting record

Free-tailed bats has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 102 filed reports in the annual series.

201614 · 0.0% damage

201751 · 0.0% damage

20183 · 0.0% damage

20191 · 0.0% damage

20202 · 0.0% damage

20211 · 0.0% damage

20225 · 0.0% damage

20235 · 0.0% damage

20246 · 0.0% damage

202514 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Free-tailed bats: 2021–2025 by month

Free-tailed bats appears in 31 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan1

Feb1

Mar3

Apr4

May1

Jun5

Jul2

Aug7

Sep0

Oct3

Nov3

Dec1

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Free-tailed bats: published airport records

Free-tailed bats has 7 published airport combinations representing 79 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KSMFSacramento Intl17 reports · 0.0% damage KIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt12 reports · 0.0% damage KATLHartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt11 reports · 0.0% damage KSATSan Antonio Intl11 reports · 0.0% damage KMFEMc Allen Miller Intl11 reports · 0.0% damage KSLCSalt Lake City Intl9 reports · 0.0% damage KMCOOrlando Intl8 reports · 0.0% damage