FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES NE114PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

Laughing gull

The FAA database contains 1,365 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Laughing gull across 72 airports; damage was indicated in 2.1% and engine ingestion in 4.3%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1,3651990–export
Airports represented72distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated2.1%of filed reports
Engine ingestion4.3%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports28FAA report field
Serious / destroyed7FAA S or D level
Effect on flight43effect supplied
Reported cost$859Kinflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

Laughing gull: 2016–2025 reporting record

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

201640 · 2.5% damage
201738 · 2.6% damage
201864 · 0.0% damage
201963 · 0.0% damage
202035 · 0.0% damage
202170 · 4.3% damage
202244 · 2.3% damage
202354 · 5.6% damage
202481 · 0.0% damage
202559 · 1.7% damage
03 / SEASON

Laughing gull: 2021–2025 by month

Laughing gull appears in 308 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan2
Feb2
Mar3
Apr13
May80
Jun97
Jul48
Aug34
Sep16
Oct4
Nov5
Dec4
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Laughing gull: published airport records

Laughing gull has 18 published airport combinations representing 1,262 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl589 reports · 0.7% damageKTPATampa Intl129 reports · 0.8% damageKLGALa Guardia Arpt78 reports · 3.8% damageKSRQSarasota-Bradenton Intl Arpt75 reports · 5.3% damageKACYAtlantic City Intl74 reports · 1.4% damageKCRPCorpus Christi Intl Arpt62 reports · 3.2% damageKJAXJacksonville Intl51 reports · 2.0% damageKPIESt. Pete-Clearwater Intl Arpt48 reports · 4.2% damageTISTCyril E King Arpt33 reports · 3.0% damageKCHSCharleston Afb/Intl Arpt20 reports · 0.0% damageKORFNorfolk Intl20 reports · 5.0% damageKGPTGulfport-Biloxi Intl Aprt18 reports · 5.6% damageKDABDaytona Beach Intl16 reports · 6.2% damageKWWDCape May County Arpt14 reports · 0.0% damageKMSYLouie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt9 reports · 11.1% damageKHOUWilliam P Hobby Arpt9 reports · 0.0% damageKTLHTallahassee International Airport9 reports · 0.0% damageKPHLPhiladelphia Intl8 reports · 0.0% damage