FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES 1F131PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

Red fox

The FAA database contains 327 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Red fox across 112 airports; damage was indicated in 1.8% 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 reports3271990–export
Airports represented112distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated1.8%of filed reports
Engine ingestion0.0%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports6FAA report field
Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level
Effect on flight33effect supplied
Reported cost$79Kinflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

Red fox: 2016–2025 reporting record

Red fox has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 128 filed reports in the annual series.

201617 · 0.0% damage
201713 · 0.0% damage
201815 · 6.7% damage
20199 · 0.0% damage
202011 · 0.0% damage
202115 · 0.0% damage
202212 · 0.0% damage
202311 · 0.0% damage
202411 · 0.0% damage
202514 · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

Red fox: 2021–2025 by month

Red fox appears in 63 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan7
Feb8
Mar3
Apr3
May7
Jun3
Jul3
Aug6
Sep5
Oct6
Nov9
Dec3