Short-billed gull

The FAA database contains 95 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Short-billed gull across 16 airports; damage was indicated in 7.4% and engine ingestion in 6.3%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports951990–export

Airports represented16distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated7.4%of filed reports

Engine ingestion6.3%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports7FAA report field

Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level

Effect on flight4effect supplied

Reported cost$140Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Short-billed gull: 2016–2025 reporting record

Short-billed gull has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 35 filed reports in the annual series.

20165 · 40.0% damage

20172 · 0.0% damage

20184 · 0.0% damage

20193 · 0.0% damage

20202 · 0.0% damage

20211 · 0.0% damage

20223 · 0.0% damage

20233 · 0.0% damage

20246 · 0.0% damage

20256 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Short-billed gull: 2021–2025 by month

Short-billed gull appears in 19 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb1

Mar1

Apr0

May2

Jun3

Jul5

Aug0

Sep1

Oct1

Nov3

Dec2

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Short-billed gull: published airport records

Short-billed gull has 2 published airport combinations representing 64 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KPDXPortland Intl (Or)42 reports · 7.1% damagePANCTed Stevens Anchorage Intl22 reports · 9.1% damage