Western gull

The FAA database contains 236 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Western gull across 21 airports; damage was indicated in 11.0% and engine ingestion in 10.2%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports2361990–export

Airports represented21distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated11.0%of filed reports

Engine ingestion10.2%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports26FAA report field

Serious / destroyed9FAA S or D level

Effect on flight14effect supplied

Reported cost$2.8Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Western gull: 2016–2025 reporting record

Western gull has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 106 filed reports in the annual series.

20167 · 14.3% damage

20176 · 16.7% damage

201815 · 6.7% damage

201915 · 6.7% damage

20207 · 0.0% damage

20219 · 22.2% damage

202211 · 18.2% damage

202313 · 7.7% damage

202414 · 7.1% damage

20259 · 22.2% damage

03 / SEASON

Western gull: 2021–2025 by month

Western gull appears in 56 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan4

Feb5

Mar3

Apr5

May4

Jun8

Jul11

Aug7

Sep2

Oct2

Nov3

Dec2

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Western gull: published airport records

Western gull has 4 published airport combinations representing 193 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KLAXLos Angeles Intl104 reports · 11.5% damage KSANSan Diego Intl50 reports · 8.0% damage KOAKMetro Oakland Intl23 reports · 13.0% damage KSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt16 reports · 18.8% damage