Atlas · Wildlife Strikes
Wildlife strike hot-spots.
Top US airports by reported wildlife strikes — sourced from the FAA Wildlife Strike Database (WSDB) annual trend report. Note: report counts reflect both bird population AND reporting culture — airports with proactive Wildlife Hazard Management Programs (WHMPs) often appear higher because they report more rigorously, not because they're more dangerous.
Drill into each row for the FAA airport-specific search.
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Primary species reported: horned lark, mourning dove, American kestrel
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Primary species reported: killdeer, mourning dove, raptors
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Primary species reported: gull, starling, blackbird
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Primary species reported: mourning dove, raptors, vulture
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Primary species reported: gull, Canada goose, raptors
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Primary species reported: gull, mourning dove, starling
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Primary species reported: wading birds, vulture, raptors
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Primary species reported: mourning dove, killdeer, raptors
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Primary species reported: wading birds, vulture, raptors
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Primary species reported: mourning dove, raptors, swallows
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Primary species reported: gull, starling, Canada goose
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Primary species reported: gull, Canada goose, starling
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Primary species reported: killdeer, mourning dove, raptors
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Primary species reported: mourning dove, raptors, swallows
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Primary species reported: gull, raptors, swallows
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Primary species reported: gull, swallows, raptors
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Primary species reported: gull, Canada goose, starling
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Primary species reported: wading birds, vulture, raptors
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Primary species reported: starling, gull, Canada goose
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Primary species reported: starling, gull, Canada goose
Method
Counts derived from FAA Wildlife Strike Database annual trend reports and FAA Airport Wildlife Hazard Management Program filings. The full WSDB has ~280k records since 1990 and is searchable at wildlife.faa.gov ↗ — for full statistical analysis, use the FAA search directly. We don't bulk-mirror the database; the FAA search is the source of truth.
TallyAero GA-SMS users: airport-specific strike history feeds the SRM departure hazard module under 14 CFR Part 5 § 5.53. Operators flying into known hot-spots (KDEN, KJFK) get a pre-flight bird-strike risk-elevation flag and a pointer to the airport's WHMP for current mitigation status.