Owls

The FAA database contains 396 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Owls across 176 airports; damage was indicated in 7.6% and engine ingestion in 3.0%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports3961990–export

Airports represented176distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated7.6%of filed reports

Engine ingestion3.0%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports30FAA report field

Serious / destroyed6FAA S or D level

Effect on flight25effect supplied

Reported cost$621Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Owls: 2016–2025 reporting record

Owls has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 107 filed reports in the annual series.

201611 · 0.0% damage

201717 · 0.0% damage

201819 · 0.0% damage

20197 · 0.0% damage

202011 · 0.0% damage

202110 · 0.0% damage

20225 · 0.0% damage

20238 · 0.0% damage

202410 · 10.0% damage

20259 · 11.1% damage

03 / SEASON

Owls: 2021–2025 by month

Owls appears in 42 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan4

Feb2

Mar2

Apr2

May4

Jun3

Jul4

Aug6

Sep5

Oct2

Nov1

Dec7

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Owls: published airport records

Owls has 7 published airport combinations representing 69 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KSJCNorman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl Arpt15 reports · 13.3% damage KPDXPortland Intl (Or)11 reports · 9.1% damagePHLILihue Arpt9 reports · 0.0% damage PHNLDaniel K. Inouye International Airport9 reports · 11.1% damage PHOGKahului Arpt9 reports · 11.1% damage KEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt8 reports · 12.5% damage KBNANashville Intl8 reports · 37.5% damage