Greater yellowlegs

The FAA database contains 39 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Greater yellowlegs across 28 airports; damage was indicated in 12.8% and engine ingestion in 2.6%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports391990–export

Airports represented28distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated12.8%of filed reports

Engine ingestion2.6%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports5FAA report field

Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level

Effect on flight2effect supplied

Reported cost$82Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Greater yellowlegs: 2016–2025 reporting record

Greater yellowlegs has 9 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 30 filed reports in the annual series.

20164 · 0.0% damage

20181 · 0.0% damage

20195 · 0.0% damage

20201 · 0.0% damage

20211 · 0.0% damage

20222 · 0.0% damage

20237 · 0.0% damage

20245 · 0.0% damage

20254 · 25.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Greater yellowlegs: 2021–2025 by month

Greater yellowlegs appears in 19 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan2

Feb0

Mar2

Apr5

May1

Jun1

Jul0

Aug2

Sep2

Oct0

Nov3

Dec1

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Greater yellowlegs: published airport records

Greater yellowlegs has no airport combination with enough filed reports to meet the publication threshold.