Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies

The FAA database contains 413 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies across 155 airports; damage was indicated in 4.6% and engine ingestion in 4.8%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports4131990–export

Airports represented155distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated4.6%of filed reports

Engine ingestion4.8%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports19FAA report field

Serious / destroyed6FAA S or D level

Effect on flight35effect supplied

Reported cost$523Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies: 2016–2025 reporting record

Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 137 filed reports in the annual series.

201616 · 0.0% damage

201710 · 0.0% damage

201818 · 0.0% damage

201912 · 0.0% damage

20209 · 0.0% damage

202115 · 0.0% damage

202210 · 10.0% damage

202318 · 0.0% damage

202413 · 0.0% damage

202516 · 6.2% damage

03 / SEASON

Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies: 2021–2025 by month

Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies appears in 72 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb2

Mar1

Apr15

May3

Jun4

Jul4

Aug10

Sep22

Oct7

Nov1

Dec3

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies: published airport records

Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies has 12 published airport combinations representing 166 filed reports that met the publication threshold.