Great horned owl

The FAA database contains 456 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Great horned owl across 163 airports; damage was indicated in 10.1% and engine ingestion in 5.7%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports4561990–export

Airports represented163distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated10.1%of filed reports

Engine ingestion5.7%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports46FAA report field

Serious / destroyed9FAA S or D level

Effect on flight16effect supplied

Reported cost$8.2Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Great horned owl: 2016–2025 reporting record

Great horned owl has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 224 filed reports in the annual series.

201618 · 11.1% damage

201720 · 5.0% damage

201824 · 12.5% damage

201933 · 3.0% damage

202013 · 7.7% damage

202118 · 5.6% damage

202217 · 11.8% damage

202323 · 4.3% damage

202429 · 3.4% damage

202529 · 3.4% damage

03 / SEASON

Great horned owl: 2021–2025 by month

Great horned owl appears in 116 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan4

Feb5

Mar10

Apr6

May6

Jun8

Jul10

Aug10

Sep15

Oct17

Nov14

Dec11

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Great horned owl: published airport records

Great horned owl has 8 published airport combinations representing 176 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KDENDenver Intl Airport93 reports · 5.4% damage KMCIKansas City Intl19 reports · 5.3% damage PANCTed Stevens Anchorage Intl14 reports · 14.3% damage KSMFSacramento Intl13 reports · 15.4% damage KDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt10 reports · 0.0% damage KIADWashington Dulles Intl Arpt10 reports · 20.0% damage KORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt9 reports · 11.1% damage KBILBillings Logan Intl8 reports · 0.0% damage