Gulls

The FAA database contains 7,295 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Gulls across 634 airports; damage was indicated in 14.2% and engine ingestion in 7.7%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports7,2951990–export

Airports represented634distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated14.2%of filed reports

Engine ingestion7.7%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports1,034FAA report field

Serious / destroyed241FAA S or D level

Effect on flight877effect supplied

Reported cost$33.0Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Gulls: 2016–2025 reporting record

Gulls has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 1,125 filed reports in the annual series.

2016132 · 5.3% damage

2017134 · 8.2% damage

2018128 · 7.8% damage

2019123 · 8.9% damage

202069 · 8.7% damage

2021122 · 6.6% damage

2022100 · 8.0% damage

2023109 · 9.2% damage

2024104 · 6.7% damage

2025104 · 13.5% damage

03 / SEASON

Gulls: 2021–2025 by month

Gulls appears in 539 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan28

Feb24

Mar47

Apr69

May79

Jun72

Jul45

Aug39

Sep34

Oct50

Nov28

Dec24

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Gulls: published airport records

Gulls has 172 published airport combinations representing 6,237 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KLGALa Guardia Arpt240 reports · 14.2% damage KPHLPhiladelphia Intl209 reports · 12.4% damage KORFNorfolk Intl167 reports · 9.0% damage KSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt163 reports · 14.7% damage KDCARonald Reagan Washington National Arpt161 reports · 11.2% damage KBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt154 reports · 20.8% damage KEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt145 reports · 15.2% damage KMKEGeneral Mitchell Intl115 reports · 13.9% damage KOAKMetro Oakland Intl113 reports · 9.7% damage KSJCNorman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl Arpt110 reports · 10.9% damage KSANSan Diego Intl109 reports · 8.3% damage KBWIBaltimore/Wash Intl Thurgood Marshal Arpt104 reports · 17.3% damage KTPATampa Intl101 reports · 5.9% damage KBUFBuffalo-Niagara Intl101 reports · 4.0% damage KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl97 reports · 17.5% damage KORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt97 reports · 5.2% damage KMDWChicago Midway Intl Arpt94 reports · 18.1% damage KMCOOrlando Intl90 reports · 12.2% damage KLAXLos Angeles Intl87 reports · 25.3% damage KPIESt. Pete-Clearwater Intl Arpt81 reports · 8.6% damage KBKLBurke Lakefront77 reports · 24.7% damage KMSYLouie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt77 reports · 15.6% damage KROCGreater Rochester Intl76 reports · 7.9% damage KDTWDetroit Metro Wayne County Arpt67 reports · 16.4% damage KSLCSalt Lake City Intl60 reports · 31.7% damage KDABDaytona Beach Intl59 reports · 20.3% damage KGONGroton-New London Ar58 reports · 8.6% damage KCLECleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt57 reports · 8.8% damage KMIAMiami Intl56 reports · 14.3% damage KFNTBishop Intl Arpt55 reports · 12.7% damage KSRQSarasota-Bradenton Intl Arpt54 reports · 5.6% damage KPDXPortland Intl (Or)54 reports · 13.0% damageKPWMPortland Intl Jetport (Me)53 reports · 3.8% damageKSEASeattle-Tacoma Intl51 reports · 17.6% damage KPAOPalo Alto Arpt Of Santa Clara County50 reports · 22.0% damage KMDTHarrisburg Intl48 reports · 6.2% damage KPHFNewport News/Williamsburg Intl48 reports · 10.4% damage KSYRSyracuse Hancock Intl48 reports · 27.1% damage KPVDRhode Island Tf Green International Airport47 reports · 17.0% damage KFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl46 reports · 4.3% damage KJAXJacksonville Intl44 reports · 4.5% damage KISPLong Island Mac Arthur44 reports · 11.4% damage KRDURaleigh-Durham Intl44 reports · 4.5% damage TISTCyril E King Arpt41 reports · 2.4% damage KSMFSacramento Intl40 reports · 22.5% damage KMBSMbs Intl40 reports · 10.0% damage KGRBAustin Straubel Intl40 reports · 12.5% damage KGFKGrand Forks Intl38 reports · 7.9% damage KDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt38 reports · 10.5% damage KPWKChicago Executive Arpt38 reports · 5.3% damage