FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES NE101PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

Herring gull

The FAA database contains 2,261 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Herring gull across 163 airports; damage was indicated in 7.2% and engine ingestion in 6.1%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports2,2611990–export
Airports represented163distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated7.2%of filed reports
Engine ingestion6.1%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports162FAA report field
Serious / destroyed51FAA S or D level
Effect on flight140effect supplied
Reported cost$8.2Minflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

Herring gull: 2016–2025 reporting record

Herring gull has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 772 filed reports in the annual series.

201683 · 6.0% damage
201759 · 10.2% damage
201885 · 4.7% damage
201995 · 4.2% damage
202062 · 9.7% damage
202167 · 9.0% damage
202277 · 6.5% damage
202397 · 3.1% damage
202477 · 7.8% damage
202570 · 8.6% damage
03 / SEASON

Herring gull: 2021–2025 by month

Herring gull appears in 388 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan14
Feb9
Mar22
Apr37
May39
Jun30
Jul32
Aug30
Sep57
Oct57
Nov31
Dec30
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Herring gull: published airport records

Herring gull has 32 published airport combinations representing 2,002 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl684 reports · 6.4% damageKBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt312 reports · 7.4% damageKLGALa Guardia Arpt230 reports · 6.1% damageKMKEGeneral Mitchell Intl131 reports · 3.8% damageKEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt75 reports · 5.3% damageKGONGroton-New London Ar71 reports · 14.1% damageKPWMPortland Intl Jetport (Me)68 reports · 4.4% damageKBKLBurke Lakefront52 reports · 1.9% damageKOQUQuonset State Arpt39 reports · 10.3% damageKCLECleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt30 reports · 6.7% damageKACKNantucket Memorial28 reports · 0.0% damageKDTWDetroit Metro Wayne County Arpt25 reports · 16.0% damageKALBAlbany Intl25 reports · 8.0% damageKORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt21 reports · 14.3% damageKHYACape Cod Gateway Airport21 reports · 0.0% damageKBDLBradley Intl19 reports · 5.3% damageKTEBTeterboro Airport17 reports · 11.8% damageKBHBHancock County-Bar Harbor15 reports · 6.7% damageKAUGAugusta State14 reports · 7.1% damageKDCARonald Reagan Washington National Arpt13 reports · 0.0% damageKBWIBaltimore/Wash Intl Thurgood Marshal Arpt12 reports · 41.7% damagePAFAFairbanks Intl Arpt10 reports · 0.0% damageKGRRGerald R. Ford Intl Arpt10 reports · 0.0% damageKHVNTweed-New Haven Arpt10 reports · 10.0% damageKEWBNew Bedford Regional Arpt9 reports · 0.0% damageKACYAtlantic City Intl9 reports · 0.0% damageKORFNorfolk Intl9 reports · 0.0% damageKPDXPortland Intl (Or)9 reports · 22.2% damageKSRQSarasota-Bradenton Intl Arpt9 reports · 0.0% damagePANCTed Stevens Anchorage Intl9 reports · 11.1% damageKPVDRhode Island Tf Green International Airport8 reports · 37.5% damageKPHLPhiladelphia Intl8 reports · 12.5% damage