Geese

The FAA database contains 441 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Geese across 195 airports; damage was indicated in 48.8% 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 reports4411990–export

Airports represented195distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated48.8%of filed reports

Engine ingestion7.7%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports215FAA report field

Serious / destroyed46FAA S or D level

Effect on flight91effect supplied

Reported cost$4.9Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Geese: 2016–2025 reporting record

Geese has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 117 filed reports in the annual series.

20166 · 33.3% damage

201713 · 30.8% damage

201812 · 58.3% damage

201917 · 41.2% damage

202010 · 30.0% damage

202113 · 30.8% damage

202217 · 41.2% damage

20238 · 37.5% damage

20249 · 33.3% damage

202512 · 16.7% damage

03 / SEASON

Geese: 2021–2025 by month

Geese appears in 59 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan5

Feb10

Mar10

Apr5

May1

Jun0

Jul0

Aug1

Sep1

Oct1

Nov16

Dec9

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Geese: published airport records

Geese has 8 published airport combinations representing 136 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KSMFSacramento Intl45 reports · 35.6% damage KPHLPhiladelphia Intl19 reports · 26.3% damage KOMAEppley Airfield16 reports · 43.8% damage KMSPMinneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Arpt16 reports · 37.5% damage KMCIKansas City Intl12 reports · 58.3% damage KORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt11 reports · 18.2% damage KMEMMemphis Intl9 reports · 33.3% damage KSTLLambert-St Louis Intl8 reports · 37.5% damage