Herons

The FAA database contains 63 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Herons across 41 airports; damage was indicated in 19.0% and engine ingestion in 7.9%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports631990–export

Airports represented41distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated19.0%of filed reports

Engine ingestion7.9%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports12FAA report field

Serious / destroyed2FAA S or D level

Effect on flight9effect supplied

Reported cost$890inflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Herons: 2016–2025 reporting record

Herons has 8 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 18 filed reports in the annual series.

20161 · 0.0% damage

20173 · 0.0% damage

20181 · 0.0% damage

20203 · 0.0% damage

20212 · 50.0% damage

20224 · 0.0% damage

20243 · 0.0% damage

20251 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Herons: 2021–2025 by month

Herons appears in 10 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb0

Mar0

Apr1

May1

Jun1

Jul2

Aug1

Sep2

Oct1

Nov1

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Herons: published airport records

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