FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES S52PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

Nightjars

The FAA database contains 31 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Nightjars across 20 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 reports311990–export
Airports represented20distinct 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

Nightjars: 2016–2025 reporting record

Nightjars has 9 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 18 filed reports in the annual series.

20163 · 0.0% damage
20171 · 0.0% damage
20181 · 0.0% damage
20192 · 0.0% damage
20201 · 0.0% damage
20211 · 0.0% damage
20223 · 0.0% damage
20232 · 0.0% damage
20254 · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

Nightjars: 2021–2025 by month

Nightjars appears in 10 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May5
Jun0
Jul2
Aug1
Sep0
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Nightjars: published airport records

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