Great black-backed gull

The FAA database contains 211 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Great black-backed gull across 25 airports; damage was indicated in 8.5% and engine ingestion in 6.2%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports2111990–export

Airports represented25distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated8.5%of filed reports

Engine ingestion6.2%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports18FAA report field

Serious / destroyed7FAA S or D level

Effect on flight13effect supplied

Reported cost$2.7Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Great black-backed gull: 2016–2025 reporting record

Great black-backed gull has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 60 filed reports in the annual series.

20163 · 0.0% damage

20174 · 0.0% damage

20188 · 0.0% damage

20191 · 0.0% damage

20207 · 0.0% damage

20214 · 0.0% damage

20227 · 14.3% damage

202311 · 18.2% damage

202411 · 9.1% damage

20254 · 25.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Great black-backed gull: 2021–2025 by month

Great black-backed gull appears in 37 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan3

Feb2

Mar0

Apr2

May4

Jun5

Jul5

Aug6

Sep1

Oct2

Nov2

Dec5

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Great black-backed gull: published airport records

Great black-backed gull has 6 published airport combinations representing 173 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl93 reports · 10.8% damage KBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt28 reports · 7.1% damage KLGALa Guardia Arpt25 reports · 4.0% damage KACKNantucket Memorial9 reports · 11.1% damage KEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt9 reports · 11.1% damage KTEBTeterboro Airport9 reports · 11.1% damage