Lesser nighthawk

The FAA database contains 44 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Lesser nighthawk across 21 airports; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 2.3%. 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 represented21distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated0.0%of filed reports

Engine ingestion2.3%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports0FAA report field

Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level

Effect on flight1effect supplied

Reported cost$1Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Lesser nighthawk: 2016–2025 reporting record

Lesser nighthawk has 6 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 30 filed reports in the annual series.

20163 · 0.0% damage

20174 · 0.0% damage

20193 · 0.0% damage

20204 · 0.0% damage

20247 · 0.0% damage

20259 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Lesser nighthawk: 2021–2025 by month

Lesser nighthawk appears in 16 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb0

Mar0

Apr1

May0

Jun3

Jul7

Aug1

Sep1

Oct1

Nov2

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Lesser nighthawk: published airport records

Lesser nighthawk has 1 published airport combinations representing 10 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KLRDLaredo Intl10 reports · 0.0% damage