FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES ZX3PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

Sparrows

The FAA database contains 4,306 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Sparrows across 496 airports; damage was indicated in 1.3% and engine ingestion in 1.8%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports4,3061990–export
Airports represented496distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated1.3%of filed reports
Engine ingestion1.8%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports54FAA report field
Serious / destroyed3FAA S or D level
Effect on flight133effect supplied
Reported cost$115Kinflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

Sparrows: 2016–2025 reporting record

Sparrows has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 1,181 filed reports in the annual series.

2016120 · 0.0% damage
2017152 · 2.6% damage
2018133 · 1.5% damage
2019140 · 2.1% damage
2020103 · 0.0% damage
2021113 · 0.0% damage
2022116 · 0.0% damage
2023133 · 0.0% damage
202484 · 0.0% damage
202587 · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

Sparrows: 2021–2025 by month

Sparrows appears in 533 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan15
Feb8
Mar11
Apr26
May52
Jun64
Jul106
Aug85
Sep59
Oct72
Nov22
Dec13
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Sparrows: published airport records

Sparrows has 159 published airport combinations representing 3,458 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KDENDenver Intl Airport83 reports · 1.2% damageKDAYJames M Cox Dayton Intl83 reports · 0.0% damageKPITPittsburgh Intl Arpt76 reports · 1.3% damageKGRRGerald R. Ford Intl Arpt70 reports · 0.0% damageKDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt62 reports · 0.0% damageKIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt54 reports · 0.0% damageKMSYLouie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt48 reports · 2.1% damageKMBSMbs Intl47 reports · 4.3% damageKBNANashville Intl46 reports · 0.0% damageKCIDThe Eastern Iowa Arpt46 reports · 0.0% damageKBUFBuffalo-Niagara Intl45 reports · 0.0% damageKOMAEppley Airfield45 reports · 0.0% damageKORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt44 reports · 0.0% damageKCVGCincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl Arpt44 reports · 0.0% damageKCMHJohn Glenn Columbus Intl Arpt42 reports · 2.4% damageKSMFSacramento Intl40 reports · 0.0% damageKMCIKansas City Intl39 reports · 0.0% damageKALBAlbany Intl38 reports · 0.0% damageKMCOOrlando Intl38 reports · 0.0% damageKPHLPhiladelphia Intl37 reports · 0.0% damageKCOUColumbia Regional35 reports · 0.0% damageKCLECleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt35 reports · 0.0% damageKBTRBaton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field33 reports · 0.0% damageKAUSAustin-Bergstrom Intl33 reports · 0.0% damageKDALDallas Love Field Arpt33 reports · 0.0% damageKSGFSpringfield-Branson National32 reports · 0.0% damageKEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt32 reports · 0.0% damageKDSMDes Moines Intl32 reports · 0.0% damageKJAXJacksonville Intl32 reports · 0.0% damageKBWIBaltimore/Wash Intl Thurgood Marshal Arpt32 reports · 3.1% damageKSBNSouth Bend Regional31 reports · 0.0% damageKSATSan Antonio Intl31 reports · 0.0% damageKCLTCharlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt30 reports · 6.7% damageKTUSTucson Intl30 reports · 0.0% damageKIADWashington Dulles Intl Arpt29 reports · 3.4% damageKSTLLambert-St Louis Intl28 reports · 10.7% damageKTOLToledo Express Arpt28 reports · 0.0% damageKLANCapital Region Intl Arpt27 reports · 0.0% damageKABQAlbuquerque Intl Sunport27 reports · 0.0% damageKRDURaleigh-Durham Intl27 reports · 0.0% damageKSBASanta Barbara Municipal26 reports · 0.0% damageKPWKChicago Executive Arpt26 reports · 0.0% damageKMLIQuad City Arpt26 reports · 0.0% damageKTVCCherry Capital Arpt26 reports · 0.0% damageKCOSCity Of Colorado Springs Muni Aprt25 reports · 0.0% damageKSJCNorman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl Arpt25 reports · 4.0% damageKMDTHarrisburg Intl25 reports · 4.0% damageKMSNDane County Regional Arpt-Truax Fld25 reports · 0.0% damageKINDIndianapolis Intl Arpt25 reports · 0.0% damageKIWAPhoenix-Mesa Gateway24 reports · 4.2% damage