02 / YEAR LOG
Ring-billed gull: 2016–2025 reporting record
Ring-billed gull has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 887 filed reports in the annual series.
FAA SPECIES NE104PUBLIC FAA RECORD
WILDLIFE PROFILE
Ring-billed gull
The FAA database contains 2,496 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Ring-billed gull across 238 airports; damage was indicated in 5.6% and engine ingestion in 6.0%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Named-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports2,4961990–export
Airports represented238distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated5.6%of filed reports
Engine ingestion6.0%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports140FAA report field
Serious / destroyed42FAA S or D level
Effect on flight137effect supplied
Reported cost$6.7Minflation-adjusted supplied values
03 / SEASON
Ring-billed gull: 2021–2025 by month
Ring-billed gull appears in 483 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS
Ring-billed gull: published airport records
Ring-billed gull has 58 published airport combinations representing 2,105 filed reports that met the publication threshold.
KORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt195 reports · 2.6% damageKCLECleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt125 reports · 1.6% damageKMDWChicago Midway Intl Arpt113 reports · 0.9% damageKBKLBurke Lakefront109 reports · 4.6% damageKDCARonald Reagan Washington National Arpt104 reports · 10.6% damageKLGALa Guardia Arpt100 reports · 1.0% damageKDTWDetroit Metro Wayne County Arpt94 reports · 2.1% damageKJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl81 reports · 4.9% damageKEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt66 reports · 4.5% damageKPHLPhiladelphia Intl66 reports · 6.1% damageKMKEGeneral Mitchell Intl64 reports · 1.6% damageKIADWashington Dulles Intl Arpt61 reports · 14.8% damageKBUFBuffalo-Niagara Intl58 reports · 6.9% damageKGRBAustin Straubel Intl51 reports · 5.9% damageKPWMPortland Intl Jetport (Me)50 reports · 0.0% damageKBWIBaltimore/Wash Intl Thurgood Marshal Arpt47 reports · 2.1% damageKMDTHarrisburg Intl47 reports · 6.4% damageKMCOOrlando Intl39 reports · 17.9% damageKTVCCherry Capital Arpt37 reports · 5.4% damageKALBAlbany Intl36 reports · 5.6% damageKGRRGerald R. Ford Intl Arpt32 reports · 9.4% damageKBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt32 reports · 6.2% damageKROCGreater Rochester Intl31 reports · 6.5% damageKMOTMinot Intl Airport29 reports · 3.4% damageKHPNWestchester County Arpt25 reports · 12.0% damageKTEBTeterboro Airport25 reports · 4.0% damageKFARHector International22 reports · 0.0% damageKPDXPortland Intl (Or)22 reports · 0.0% damageKELMElmira/Corning Regional Arpt20 reports · 10.0% damageKORFNorfolk Intl19 reports · 10.5% damageKISNSloulin Fld Intl Arpt18 reports · 5.6% damageKGFKGrand Forks Intl17 reports · 5.9% damageKRICRichmond Intl16 reports · 0.0% damageKCGXMerrill C Meigs Arpt15 reports · 6.7% damageKFNTBishop Intl Arpt14 reports · 14.3% damageKDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt14 reports · 7.1% damageKBHBHancock County-Bar Harbor13 reports · 0.0% damageKSLCSalt Lake City Intl12 reports · 16.7% damageKABRAberdeen Regional Arpt12 reports · 0.0% damageKMSNDane County Regional Arpt-Truax Fld11 reports · 0.0% damageKBTVBurlington Intl11 reports · 0.0% damageKMSPMinneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Arpt11 reports · 9.1% damageKSBNSouth Bend Regional10 reports · 10.0% damageKGONGroton-New London Ar10 reports · 0.0% damageKSMFSacramento Intl10 reports · 0.0% damageKMSYLouie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt10 reports · 30.0% damageKCLTCharlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt10 reports · 10.0% damageKOKCWill Rogers World Arpt9 reports · 0.0% damageKCMHJohn Glenn Columbus Intl Arpt9 reports · 0.0% damageKGSOPiedmont Triad Intl9 reports · 0.0% damage