Great blue heron

The FAA database contains 667 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Great blue heron across 147 airports; damage was indicated in 16.9% and engine ingestion in 8.7%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports6671990–export

Airports represented147distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated16.9%of filed reports

Engine ingestion8.7%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports113FAA report field

Serious / destroyed22FAA S or D level

Effect on flight79effect supplied

Reported cost$19.8Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Great blue heron: 2016–2025 reporting record

Great blue heron has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 292 filed reports in the annual series.

201626 · 19.2% damage

201740 · 15.0% damage

201831 · 9.7% damage

201923 · 13.0% damage

202022 · 27.3% damage

202128 · 21.4% damage

202230 · 20.0% damage

202330 · 10.0% damage

202431 · 12.9% damage

202531 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Great blue heron: 2021–2025 by month

Great blue heron appears in 150 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan3

Feb5

Mar6

Apr14

May13

Jun16

Jul21

Aug16

Sep18

Oct13

Nov14

Dec11

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Great blue heron: published airport records

Great blue heron has 19 published airport combinations representing 387 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KPDXPortland Intl (Or)64 reports · 14.1% damageKSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt56 reports · 17.9% damage KMCOOrlando Intl30 reports · 16.7% damage KFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl26 reports · 7.7% damage KORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt25 reports · 4.0% damage KPHLPhiladelphia Intl22 reports · 22.7% damage KLAXLos Angeles Intl22 reports · 18.2% damage KRSWSouthwest Florida Intl Arpt20 reports · 20.0% damage KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl16 reports · 25.0% damage KBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt16 reports · 25.0% damage KTPATampa Intl14 reports · 14.3% damage KTEBTeterboro Airport11 reports · 18.2% damage KDTWDetroit Metro Wayne County Arpt11 reports · 0.0% damage KIADWashington Dulles Intl Arpt10 reports · 20.0% damage KSRQSarasota-Bradenton Intl Arpt10 reports · 10.0% damage KSJCNorman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl Arpt10 reports · 10.0% damage KCMHJohn Glenn Columbus Intl Arpt8 reports · 12.5% damage KDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt8 reports · 12.5% damage KSBASanta Barbara Municipal8 reports · 12.5% damage