Semipalmated sandpiper

The FAA database contains 198 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Semipalmated sandpiper across 46 airports; damage was indicated in 1.0% and engine ingestion in 4.5%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1981990–export

Airports represented46distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated1.0%of filed reports

Engine ingestion4.5%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports2FAA report field

Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level

Effect on flight2effect supplied

Reported cost$13Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Semipalmated sandpiper: 2016–2025 reporting record

Semipalmated sandpiper has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 122 filed reports in the annual series.

20167 · 0.0% damage

20179 · 0.0% damage

201814 · 7.1% damage

20199 · 0.0% damage

202015 · 0.0% damage

20218 · 0.0% damage

202215 · 0.0% damage

20239 · 0.0% damage

202416 · 6.2% damage

202520 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Semipalmated sandpiper: 2021–2025 by month

Semipalmated sandpiper appears in 68 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb0

Mar1

Apr0

May14

Jun5

Jul10

Aug20

Sep18

Oct0

Nov0

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Semipalmated sandpiper: published airport records

Semipalmated sandpiper has 3 published airport combinations representing 121 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt72 reports · 2.8% damage KLGALa Guardia Arpt25 reports · 0.0% damage KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl24 reports · 0.0% damage