FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES O21PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

Pigeons

The FAA database contains 37 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Pigeons across 28 airports; damage was indicated in 2.7% and engine ingestion in 2.7%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports371990–export
Airports represented28distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated2.7%of filed reports
Engine ingestion2.7%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports1FAA report field
Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level
Effect on flight2effect supplied
Reported cost$165inflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

Pigeons: 2016–2025 reporting record

Pigeons has 8 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 24 filed reports in the annual series.

20181 · 0.0% damage
20191 · 0.0% damage
20202 · 0.0% damage
20215 · 20.0% damage
20223 · 0.0% damage
20239 · 0.0% damage
20242 · 0.0% damage
20251 · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

Pigeons: 2021–2025 by month

Pigeons appears in 20 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan2
Feb2
Mar1
Apr0
May1
Jun1
Jul2
Aug0
Sep2
Oct2
Nov6
Dec1
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Pigeons: published airport records

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