Whimbrel

The FAA database contains 35 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Whimbrel across 19 airports; damage was indicated in 11.4% and engine ingestion in 11.4%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports351990–export

Airports represented19distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated11.4%of filed reports

Engine ingestion11.4%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports4FAA report field

Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level

Effect on flight2effect supplied

Reported cost$71Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Whimbrel: 2016–2025 reporting record

Whimbrel has 8 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 16 filed reports in the annual series.

20172 · 0.0% damage

20191 · 0.0% damage

20203 · 0.0% damage

20212 · 0.0% damage

20221 · 0.0% damage

20232 · 0.0% damage

20241 · 0.0% damage

20254 · 25.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Whimbrel: 2021–2025 by month

Whimbrel appears in 10 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb0

Mar0

Apr1

May2

Jun0

Jul0

Aug1

Sep5

Oct1

Nov0

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Whimbrel: published airport records

Whimbrel has 1 published airport combinations representing 8 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

PGRORota Intl Arpt8 reports · 0.0% damage