FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES N6024PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

Least sandpiper

The FAA database contains 317 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Least sandpiper across 82 airports; damage was indicated in 0.6% and engine ingestion in 1.9%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports3171990–export
Airports represented82distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated0.6%of filed reports
Engine ingestion1.9%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports2FAA report field
Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level
Effect on flight6effect supplied
Reported cost$9Kinflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

Least sandpiper: 2016–2025 reporting record

Least sandpiper has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 186 filed reports in the annual series.

201610 · 0.0% damage
201722 · 4.5% damage
201821 · 0.0% damage
201922 · 0.0% damage
202016 · 0.0% damage
202122 · 0.0% damage
202217 · 0.0% damage
202323 · 0.0% damage
202412 · 0.0% damage
202521 · 4.8% damage
03 / SEASON

Least sandpiper: 2021–2025 by month

Least sandpiper appears in 95 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan1
Feb3
Mar2
Apr9
May10
Jun0
Jul10
Aug31
Sep10
Oct9
Nov4
Dec6