Snowy owl

The FAA database contains 390 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Snowy owl across 61 airports; damage was indicated in 7.9% and engine ingestion in 4.9%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports3901990–export

Airports represented61distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated7.9%of filed reports

Engine ingestion4.9%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports31FAA report field

Serious / destroyed11FAA S or D level

Effect on flight21effect supplied

Reported cost$3.4Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Snowy owl: 2016–2025 reporting record

Snowy owl has 9 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 184 filed reports in the annual series.

201617 · 0.0% damage

201741 · 4.9% damage

201850 · 6.0% damage

201911 · 27.3% damage

20205 · 20.0% damage

202126 · 3.8% damage

202218 · 16.7% damage

20247 · 0.0% damage

20259 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Snowy owl: 2021–2025 by month

Snowy owl appears in 60 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan6

Feb9

Mar13

Apr1

May0

Jun0

Jul0

Aug0

Sep0

Oct0

Nov9

Dec22

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Snowy owl: published airport records

Snowy owl has 8 published airport combinations representing 268 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt85 reports · 7.1% damage KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl51 reports · 3.9% damage KORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt50 reports · 10.0% damage KDTWDetroit Metro Wayne County Arpt32 reports · 15.6% damage KEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt15 reports · 0.0% damage KCLECleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt14 reports · 7.1% damage KMSPMinneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Arpt11 reports · 9.1% damage KMDWChicago Midway Intl Arpt10 reports · 10.0% damage