Wilson's snipe

The FAA database contains 258 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Wilson's snipe across 97 airports; damage was indicated in 2.7% and engine ingestion in 2.3%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports2581990–export

Airports represented97distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated2.7%of filed reports

Engine ingestion2.3%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports7FAA report field

Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level

Effect on flight5effect supplied

Reported cost$68Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Wilson's snipe: 2016–2025 reporting record

Wilson's snipe has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 173 filed reports in the annual series.

201618 · 0.0% damage

201711 · 0.0% damage

201819 · 0.0% damage

201917 · 11.8% damage

202015 · 6.7% damage

202114 · 0.0% damage

202215 · 0.0% damage

202322 · 4.5% damage

202417 · 0.0% damage

202525 · 4.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Wilson's snipe: 2021–2025 by month

Wilson's snipe appears in 93 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan4

Feb6

Mar16

Apr17

May1

Jun0

Jul0

Aug4

Sep5

Oct13

Nov18

Dec9

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Wilson's snipe: published airport records

Wilson's snipe has 5 published airport combinations representing 69 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KATLHartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt24 reports · 4.2% damage KSEASeattle-Tacoma Intl19 reports · 5.3% damage KPDXPortland Intl (Or)10 reports · 0.0% damageKDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt8 reports · 0.0% damage PANCTed Stevens Anchorage Intl8 reports · 0.0% damage