Grackles

The FAA database contains 200 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Grackles across 37 airports; damage was indicated in 5.5% and engine ingestion in 5.5%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports2001990–export

Airports represented37distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated5.5%of filed reports

Engine ingestion5.5%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports11FAA report field

Serious / destroyed3FAA S or D level

Effect on flight6effect supplied

Reported cost$293Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Grackles: 2016–2025 reporting record

Grackles has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 50 filed reports in the annual series.

20162 · 0.0% damage

20177 · 0.0% damage

20184 · 0.0% damage

20195 · 20.0% damage

20204 · 0.0% damage

20211 · 0.0% damage

20222 · 0.0% damage

20236 · 0.0% damage

202412 · 0.0% damage

20257 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Grackles: 2021–2025 by month

Grackles appears in 28 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan2

Feb0

Mar0

Apr1

May5

Jun5

Jul5

Aug1

Sep4

Oct2

Nov1

Dec2

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Grackles: published airport records

Grackles has 6 published airport combinations representing 144 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt55 reports · 3.6% damage KFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl31 reports · 3.2% damage KDALDallas Love Field Arpt21 reports · 9.5% damage KRSWSouthwest Florida Intl Arpt17 reports · 0.0% damage KAUSAustin-Bergstrom Intl12 reports · 8.3% damage KMCOOrlando Intl8 reports · 12.5% damage