Glaucous-winged gull

The FAA database contains 240 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Glaucous-winged gull across 30 airports; damage was indicated in 12.5% and engine ingestion in 8.3%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports2401990–export

Airports represented30distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated12.5%of filed reports

Engine ingestion8.3%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports30FAA report field

Serious / destroyed3FAA S or D level

Effect on flight21effect supplied

Reported cost$3.1Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Glaucous-winged gull: 2016–2025 reporting record

Glaucous-winged gull has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 113 filed reports in the annual series.

20163 · 0.0% damage

20174 · 25.0% damage

20186 · 16.7% damage

201920 · 10.0% damage

202014 · 7.1% damage

202114 · 14.3% damage

202214 · 0.0% damage

202312 · 8.3% damage

202413 · 0.0% damage

202513 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Glaucous-winged gull: 2021–2025 by month

Glaucous-winged gull appears in 66 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan8

Feb4

Mar4

Apr4

May2

Jun1

Jul0

Aug3

Sep3

Oct12

Nov10

Dec15

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Glaucous-winged gull: published airport records

Glaucous-winged gull has 8 published airport combinations representing 199 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KSEASeattle-Tacoma Intl52 reports · 9.6% damage KPDXPortland Intl (Or)36 reports · 13.9% damageKBFIBoeing Field/King County Intl Arpt32 reports · 9.4% damage KRNTRenton Municipal Arpt25 reports · 0.0% damage KPAESnohomish Co (Paine Field)22 reports · 0.0% damagePASISitka Rocky Gutierrez Arpt12 reports · 25.0% damage KBLIBellingham Intl11 reports · 0.0% damage PADQKodiak Airport9 reports · 22.2% damage