FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES YH004PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

Horned lark

The FAA database contains 9,383 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Horned lark across 343 airports; damage was indicated in 0.4% and engine ingestion in 1.7%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports9,3831990–export
Airports represented343distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated0.4%of filed reports
Engine ingestion1.7%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports37FAA report field
Serious / destroyed3FAA S or D level
Effect on flight119effect supplied
Reported cost$1.2Minflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

Horned lark: 2016–2025 reporting record

Horned lark has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 5,548 filed reports in the annual series.

2016413 · 0.5% damage
2017465 · 0.2% damage
2018466 · 0.2% damage
2019415 · 0.7% damage
2020433 · 0.7% damage
2021585 · 0.2% damage
2022748 · 0.1% damage
2023605 · 1.0% damage
2024827 · 0.4% damage
2025591 · 0.5% damage
03 / SEASON

Horned lark: 2021–2025 by month

Horned lark appears in 3,356 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan165
Feb157
Mar185
Apr140
May262
Jun465
Jul543
Aug275
Sep482
Oct337
Nov176
Dec169
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Horned lark: published airport records

Horned lark has 125 published airport combinations representing 8,855 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KDENDenver Intl Airport3,619 reports · 0.2% damageKSLCSalt Lake City Intl530 reports · 0.4% damageKDTWDetroit Metro Wayne County Arpt359 reports · 0.0% damageKCOSCity Of Colorado Springs Muni Aprt343 reports · 0.0% damageKMCIKansas City Intl309 reports · 1.0% damageKJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl186 reports · 0.5% damageKMSPMinneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Arpt174 reports · 0.0% damageKBDLBradley Intl134 reports · 1.5% damageKBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt123 reports · 0.0% damageKPVDRhode Island Tf Green International Airport110 reports · 0.0% damageKONTOntario Intl Arpt89 reports · 0.0% damageKLGBLong Beach-Daugh Fld88 reports · 0.0% damageKOMAEppley Airfield88 reports · 1.1% damageKBILBillings Logan Intl82 reports · 0.0% damageKGRRGerald R. Ford Intl Arpt78 reports · 0.0% damageKMAFMidland Intl77 reports · 0.0% damageKHDNYampa Valley72 reports · 4.2% damageKAPACentennial Arpt63 reports · 0.0% damageKYIPWillow Run Arpt62 reports · 0.0% damageKABELehigh Valley Intl60 reports · 0.0% damageKABQAlbuquerque Intl Sunport57 reports · 1.8% damageKORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt49 reports · 0.0% damageKIWAPhoenix-Mesa Gateway49 reports · 0.0% damageKMKEGeneral Mitchell Intl48 reports · 0.0% damageKCLECleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt45 reports · 2.2% damageKFWAFort Wayne Intl44 reports · 0.0% damageKPUBPueblo Memorial Arpt43 reports · 0.0% damageKINDIndianapolis Intl Arpt43 reports · 0.0% damageKBJCRocky Mountain Metropolitan Arpt42 reports · 0.0% damageKLMTKlamath Falls Intl41 reports · 2.4% damageKBZNGallatin Field Arpt40 reports · 0.0% damageKSMFSacramento Intl40 reports · 0.0% damageKSBNSouth Bend Regional39 reports · 0.0% damageKGEGSpokane International38 reports · 0.0% damageKFNLFort Collins-Loveland Muni Arpt37 reports · 0.0% damageKPHLPhiladelphia Intl36 reports · 0.0% damageKGJTGrand Junction Regional Arpt36 reports · 0.0% damageKACYAtlantic City Intl36 reports · 0.0% damageKXWAWilliston Basin Intl Airport36 reports · 0.0% damageKDAYJames M Cox Dayton Intl35 reports · 0.0% damageKRAPRapid City Regional34 reports · 0.0% damageKTVCCherry Capital Arpt34 reports · 0.0% damageKLCKRickenbacker Intl33 reports · 0.0% damageKMHTManchester Airport33 reports · 0.0% damageKMTJMontrose Regional Arpt32 reports · 0.0% damageKTEBTeterboro Airport29 reports · 0.0% damageKOKCWill Rogers World Arpt29 reports · 0.0% damageKIADWashington Dulles Intl Arpt29 reports · 0.0% damageKBOIBoise Air Terminal/Gowen Field28 reports · 0.0% damageKPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor Intl Arpt28 reports · 0.0% damage