Least tern

The FAA database contains 44 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Least tern across 23 airports; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 0.0%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports441990–export

Airports represented23distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated0.0%of filed reports

Engine ingestion0.0%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports0FAA report field

Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level

Effect on flight0effect supplied

Reported cost$0inflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Least tern: 2016–2025 reporting record

Least tern has 6 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 19 filed reports in the annual series.

20194 · 0.0% damage

20204 · 0.0% damage

20212 · 0.0% damage

20223 · 0.0% damage

20235 · 0.0% damage

20251 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Least tern: 2021–2025 by month

Least tern appears in 11 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb0

Mar0

Apr0

May4

Jun2

Jul2

Aug2

Sep0

Oct0

Nov0

Dec1

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Least tern: published airport records

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