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2006 Summary Report - Bird Stikes to Canadian Aircraft Section 3 - Bird Strikes at Canadian Airports

3.1a  Number of Reported Strikes by Region

Number of Reported Strikes by Region

 

3.1b  Bird Strikes: Month of Occurrence by Region

Month of Occurrence ATLANTIC ONTARIO PACIFIC PRAIRIE AND NORTHERN QUEBEC UNKNOWN AND FOREIGN Total Strikes Reported
January 3 6 18 5 0 9 41
February 2 4 10 3 0 2 21
March 3 7 34 7 4 5 60
April 3 23 21 28 5 11 91
May 4 41 20 28 7 10 110
June 3 34 31 26 11 3 108
July 6 121 42 62 19 10 260
August 17 111 64 72 41 10 315
September 29 80 50 45 16 12 232
October 10 55 16 27 15 3 126
November 12 20 23 9 5 5 74
December 1 11 17 6 1 4 40
TOTALS 93 513 346 318 124 84 1478

 

3.1c  Number of Reported Bird Strikes: All Canadian Airports

 

Province Airport Name Airport Number of Strikes
ALBERTA CALGARY INTL CYYC 45
  CALGARY/OKOTOKS AIR PARK CFX2 1
  CALGARY/SPRINGBANK CYBW 5
  COLD LAKE CYOD 12
  EDMONTON CITY CENTRE (BLATCHFORD FIELD) CYXD 10
  EDMONTON INTL CYEG 61
  EDMONTON/NAMAO (HELI) CYED 6
  EDMONTON/VILLENEUVE CZVL 1
  FORT CHIPEWYAN CYPY 1
  FORT MCMURRAY CYMM 5
  FORT MCMURRAY/MILDRED LAKE CER4 1
  GRANDE PRAIRIE CYQU 9
  HIGH LEVEL CYOJ 3
  LETHBRIDGE CYQL 2
  LLOYDMINSTER CYLL 1
  MEDICINE HAT CYXH 1
  PEACE RIVER CYPE 1
  RED DEER REGIONAL CYQF 1
  WAINWRIGHT CYWV 1
  WHITECOURT CYZU 1
BRITISH COMLUMBIA ABBOTSFORD CYXX 22
  BELLA BELLA (CAMPBELL ISLAND) CAF2 1
  BELLA BELLA (DENNY ISLAND) CYJQ 1
  BELLA COOLA CYBD 3
  BOUNDARY BAY CZBB 8
  CAMPBELL RIVER CYBL 1
  CAMPBELL RIVER (WEST COAST) (HELI) CBB2 1
  CHILLIWACK CYCW 1
  COMOX CYQQ 11
  CRANBROOK CYXC 1
  DAWSON CREEK CYDQ 5
  FORT NELSON CYYE 3
  FORT ST. JOHN CYXJ 2
  GANGES CAX6 1
  KAMLOOPS CYKA 3
  KELOWNA CYLW 15
  NANAIMO CYCD 5
  PENTICTON CYYF 3
  PITT MEADOWS CYPK 1
  PORT HARDY CYZT 2
  PRINCE GEORGE CYXS 14
  PRINCE RUPERT CYPR 1
  PRINCE RUPERT/SEAL COVE (PUBLIC) (HELI) CBF6 1
  SANDSPIT CYZP 2
  SMITHERS CYYD 1
  TERRACE CYXT 2
  VANCOUVER INTL CYVR 209
  VANCOUVER INTL CAM9 1
  VANCOUVER/HARBOUR (PUBLIC) (HELI) CBC7 3
  VICTORIA AIRPORT CAP5 3
  VICTORIA HARBOUR CYWH 3
  VICTORIA INTL CYYJ 22
MANITOBA BRANDON MUNICIPAL CYBR 1
  BROCHET CYBT 1
  CHURCHILL CYYQ 2
  CROSS LAKE CYCR 1
  DAUPHIN CYDN 1
  GODS LAKE NARROWS CYGO 2
  ISLAND LAKE CYIV 2
  NORWAY HOUSE CYNE 1
  TADOULE LAKE CYBQ 2
  THOMPSON CYTH 2
  WINNIPEG INTL CYWG 33
  WINNIPEG/ST. ANDREWS CYAV 2
NEW BRUNSWICK BATHURST CZBF 2
  FREDERICTON CYFC 4
  GAGETOWN (HELI) CYCX 2
  MONCTON/GREATER MONCTON INTL CYQM 14
  SAINT JOHN CYSJ 5
NEWFOUNDLAND DEER LAKE CYDF 10
  GANDER INTL CYQX 6
  GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR (HELI) CFW8 1
  ST. ANTHONY CYAY 3
  ST. JOHN'S INTL CYYT 12
  WABUSH CYWK 1
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES HAY RIVER CYHY 3
  NORMAN WELLS CYVQ 1
  YELLOWKNIFE CYZF 6
NOVA SCOTIA GREENWOOD CYZX 7
  HALIFAX INTL CYHZ 21
  HALIFAX/SHEARWATER CYAW 1
  SYDNEY CYQY 3
  WATERVILLE CCW3 1
NUNAVUT KIMMIRUT CYLC 1
  KUGLUKTUK CYCO 1
  CAMBRIDGE BAY CYCB 1
ONTARIO BELLEVILLE CNU4 1
  BORDEN (HELI) CYBN 1
  BRAMPTON CNC3 1
  BURLINGTON AIRPARK CZBA 1
  HAMILTON CYHM 38
  KAPUSKASING CYYU 1
  KINGSTON CYGK 7
  KITCHENER/WATERLOO REGIONAL CYKF 16
  LONDON CYXU 19
  MARATHON CYSP 2
  MIDLAND/HURONIA CYEE 1
  MUSKOKA CYQA 1
  NORTH BAY CYYB 1
  OSHAWA CYOO 3
  OTTAWA/MACDONALD-CARTIER INTL CYOW 109
  OTTAWA/ROCKCLIFFE CYRO 2
  PEMBROKE CYTA 1
  PETAWAWA CYWA 1
  RED LAKE CYRL 2
  SAULT STE. MARIE CYAM 12
  SIOUX LOOKOUT CYXL 9
  ST CATHARINES/NIAGARA DISTRICT CYSN 1
  SUDBURY CYSB 2
  THUNDER BAY INTL CYQT 30
  TIMMINS CYTS 4
  TORONTO/BUTTONVILLE MUNI CYKZ 7
  TORONTO/CITY CENTRE CYTZ 4
  TORONTO/DOWNSVIEW CYZD 2
  TORONTO/LESTER B. PEARSON INTL CYYZ 203
  TRENTON 1590 CYTR 17
  WINDSOR CYQG 19
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND CABLE HEAD AIRPARK CCA3 1
  CHARLOTTETOWN 1644 CYYG 3
  SUMMERSIDE CYSU 3
QUEBEC BAGOTVILLE CYBG 2
  BAIE-COMEAU CYBC 2
  FARNHAM CSN7 1
  GASPE CYGP 5
  KUUJJUARAPIK CYGW 2
  LOURDES-DE-BLANC-SABLON CYBX 1
  MONT-JOLI CYYY 3
  MONTRÉAL INTL (MIRABEL) CYMX 5
  MONTRÉAL/PIERRE-ELLIOTT-TRUDEAU INTL CYUL 62
  MONTRÉAL/ST-HUBERT CYHU 5
  QUÉBEC/JEAN LESAGE INTL CYQB 12
  ROUYN-NORANDA CYUY 9
  SAINT HUBERT CYHU 6
  SEPT-ILES CYZV 4
  VAL-D'OR CYVO 3
  VALCARTIER (HELI) CYOY 1
SASKATCHEWAN LA RONGE (BARBER FIELD) CYVC 3
  MOOSE JAW MUNICIPAL CJS4 1
  MOOSE JAW CYMJ 46
  PATUANAK CKB2 1
  PRINCE ALBERT (GLASS FIELD) CYPA 2
  REGINA INTL CYQR 22
  SANDY BAY CJY4 1
  SASKATOON/JOHN G. DIEFENBAKER INTL CYXE 8
  STONY RAPIDS CYSF 1
  WEYBURN CJE3 1
YUKON WHITEHORSE INTL CYXY 4

 

3.1d  Bird Strikes: Top Twenty Airports

 

Airport Airport Number of Strikes Movements On Airport Strike Rate
VANCOUVER INTL CYVR 184 322,502 5.71
TORONTO/LESTER B. PEARSON INTL CYYZ 173 417,378 4.14
OTTAWA/MACDONALD-CARTIER INTL CYOW 74 145,428 5.09
EDMONTON INTL CYEG 50 124,983 4.00
MONTRÉAL/PIERRE-ELLIOTT-TRUDEAU INTL CYUL 45 213,483 2.11
HAMILTON CYHM 36 74,325 4.84
CALGARY INTL CYYC 35 242,807 1.44
THUNDER BAY INTL CYQT 27 100,154 2.70
WINNIPEG INTL CYWG 21 143,128 1.47
HALIFAX INTL CYHZ 21 86,110 2.43
ABBOTSFORD CYXX 19 159,822 1.19
LONDON CYXU 18 93,111 1.93
REGINA INTL CYQR 17 58,010 2.93
VICTORIA INTL CYYJ 17 145,201 1.17
WINDSOR CYQG 15 28,699 5.23
MOOSE JAW CYMJ 15 N/A N/A
PRINCE GEORGE CYXS 13 40,752 3.19
KELOWNA CYLW 12 75,404 1.59
MONCTON/GREATER MONCTON INTL CYQM 12 77,886 1.54
ST. JOHNS INTL CYYT 12 43,342 2.77

**Strike rate is calculated as the number of strikes per 10,000 movements, based on 2006 data.

 

3.1e  Bird Strikes: Species Distribution for Top Twenty Airports

 

Airport Bird Species Number of Strikes
VANCOUVER INTL AMERICAN KESTREL 1
  AMERICAN WIGEON 2
  BARN OWL 4
  BARN SWALLOW 7
  CROWS 1
  DUNLIN 2
  EAGLES 2
  GREAT BLUE HERON 3
  GREEN-WINGED TEAL 1
  GULLS 4
  HAWKS 3
  HERONS 1
  OWLS 4
  RED-TAILED HAWK 1
  SNOW GOOSE 2
  SNOWY OWL 1
  SPARROWS 1
  SWALLOWS 6
  TYRANT FLYCATCHERS 1
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 137
Subtotal   184
     
TORONTO/
LESTER B. PEARSON INTL 		AMERICAN KESTREL 4
  AMERICAN ROBIN 1
  BARN SWALLOW 1
  CANADA GOOSE 1
  DOVES 4
  FALCONS 2
  FINCHES 1
  GREAT BLUE HERON 1
  GULLS 7
  HAWKS 1
  HERRING GULL 2
  HORNED LARK 10
  KILLDEER 3
  MALLARD 1
  MEADOWLARKS 5
  OWLS 1
  PLOVERS 1
  RED-TAILED HAWK 1
  RING-BILLED GULL 2
  RING-NECKED DUCK 1
  SNOWY OWL 1
  SPARROWS 5
  STARLINGS 8
  SWALLOWS 7
  SWAMP SPARROW 1
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 101
Subtotal   173
     
OTTAWA/
MACDONALD-CARTIER INTL 		AMERICAN KESTREL 2
  BLACKBIRDS 1
  BUNTINGS 1
  DARK-EYED JUNCO 2
  GULLS 27
  RING-BILLED GULL 2
  SNOW BUNTING 2
  SPARROWS 4
  STARLINGS 6
  SWALLOWS 5
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 22
Subtotal   74
     
EDMONTON INTL AMERICAN KESTREL 3
  BARN SWALLOW 1
  BREWER'S BLACKBIRD 1
  CALIFORNIA GULL 3
  FRANKLIN'S GULL 8
  GULLS 4
  MAGPIE 1
  MERLIN 1
  NORTHERN FLICKER 1
  RED-TAILED HAWK 2
  RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD 1
  RING-BILLED GULL 4
  SANDPIPERS 1
  SAVANNAH SPARROW 1
  SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER 1
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 17
Subtotal   50
     
MONTRÉAL/
PIERRE-ELLIOTT-TRUDEAU INTL 		AMERICAN KESTREL 5
  BARN SWALLOW 2
  BUNTINGS 2
  FALCONS 1
  GULLS 3
  MALLARD 2
  MERLIN 1
  SNOW BUNTING 1
  SPARROWS 2
  SWALLOWS 3
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 23
Subtotal   45
     
HAMILTON GULLS 3
  OWLS 1
  STARLINGS 1
  SWALLOWS 1
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 30
Subtotal   36
     
CALGARY INTL DUCKS 2
  GULLS 1
  HAWKS 2
  MALLARD 1
  OWLS 1
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 28
Subtotal   35
     
THUNDER BAY INTL COMMON SNIPE 2
  CROWS 1
  GULLS 12
  RING-BILLED GULL 4
  SPARROWS 2
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 6
Subtotal   27
     
WINNIPEG INTL DUCKS 1
  GULLS 2
  HAWKS 4
  MALLARD 1
  SNOWY OWL 1
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 12
Subtotal   21
     
HALIFAX INTL CROWS 2
  SNOW BUNTING 5
  STARLINGS 1
  SWALLOWS 1
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 12
Subtotal   21
     
ABBOTSFORD BARN SWALLOW 8
  GULLS 1
  SPARROWS 1
  SWALLOWS 4
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 5
Subtotal   19
     
LONDON AMERICAN GOLDFINCH 1
  DUCKS 1
  FINCHES 1
  GULLS 1
  HAWKS 1
  PIGEONS 1
  SPARROWS 1
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 11
Subtotal   18
     
REGINA INTL DUCKS 1
  FALCONS 1
  FRANKLIN'S GULL 2
  GEESE 1
  GULLS 1
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 11
Subtotal   17
     
VICTORIA INTL BARN SWALLOW 1
  COOPER'S HAWK 2
  GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL 1
  GULLS 3
  RED-TAILED HAWK 1
  STARLINGS 1
  SWALLOWS 1
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 7
Subtotal   17
     
MOOSE JAW DUCKS 1
  GULLS 1
  STARLINGS 2
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 11
Subtotal   15
     
WINDSOR AMERICAN KESTREL 2
  SPARROWS 1
  SWALLOWS 2
  THRASHERS, MOCKINGBIRDS, CATBIRDS 1
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 9
Subtotal   15
     
PRINCE GEORGE CLIFF SWALLOW 1
  CROWS 2
  SPARROWS 1
  SWALLOWS 1
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 8
Subtotal   13
     
MONCTON INTL GULLS 10
  DUCKS 1
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 1
Subtotal   12
     
KELOWNA PIGEONS 1
  SWALLOWS 1
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 10
Subtotal   12
     
ST. JOHNS INTL SEMIPALMATED PLOVER 3
  GULLS 4
  AMERICAN CROW 1
  SPARROWS 1
  UNKNOWN/UNREPORTED 3
Subtotal   12

 

3.1f  Month of Occurrences: Bird Strikes for Top Ten Airports

 

Airport Name Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
VANCOUVER INTL 12 3 21 13 10 17 29 21 23 6 15 14
TORONTO/LESTER B. PEARSON INTL 2 1 2 9 19 18 31 31 24 26 7 3
OTTAWA/MACDONALD-CARTIER INTL 0 0 0 1 1 4 20 25 15 1 1 6
EDMONTON INTL 0 0 0 2 3 7 18 13 3 2 1 1
MONTRÉAL/PIERRE-ELLIOTT-TRUDEAU INTL 0 0 2 1 2 9 7 13 2 6 3 0
HAMILTON 2 0 0 8 1 0 13 10 1 1 0 0
CALGARY INTL 2 0 0 2 2 3 1 8 13 0 2 2
THUNDER BAY INTL 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 10 2 1 0
WINNIPEG INTL 1 0 0 2 2 3 6 1 3 2 1 0
HALIFAX INTL 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 3 5 2 2 0
Total Strikes Reported 21 6 26 39 41 62 130 135 99 48 33 26

 

3.1g  Phase of Flight: Bird Strikes for Top Ten Airports

 

Airport Name APPROACH CLIMB DESCENT ENROUTE LANDING PARKED TAKEOFF TAXI UNKNOWN/
UNREPORTED
VANCOUVER INTL 30 1 7 3 70 1 79 0 7
TORONTO/LESTER B. PEARSON INTL 26 9 4 0 58 2 86 3 3
OTTAWA/
MACDONALD-CARTIER INTL 		10 2 2 0 26 0 39 0 1
MONTRÉAL/
PIERRE-ELLIOTT-TRUDEAU INTL 		13 0 3 0 15 1 18 0 0
EDMONTON INTL 4 1 2 3 18 1 25 2 0
HALIFAX 5 1 1 0 6 0 7 0 0
CALGARY INTL 10 4 4 1 6 1 17 0 0
HAMILTON 4 0 0 0 13 0 19 0 1
THUNDER BAY INTL 4 0 1 0 12 0 11 0 2
WINNIPEG INTL 5 1 1 2 5 0 13 0 0

 

3.1h  Mammal Strikes: By Airport

 

Airport Name Coyote Rabbits Fox Deer Bats Skunks Domestic Dog Unknown
CHARLOTTETOWN 1644     1          
EDMONTON INTL    1            
FORT MCMURRAY/MILDRED LAKE       1        
FREDERICTON 1              
HALIFAX INTL             1  
KENORA       1        
KITCHENER/WATERLOO REGIONAL           1    
MONTRÉAL/PIERRE-ELLIOTT-TRUDEAU INTL     2          
OTTAWA/MACDONALD-CARTIER INTL         1       
SASKATOON/JOHN G. DIEFENBAKER INTL   1       1    
SIOUX LOOKOUT 1              
TERRACE     1          
TORONTO/LESTER B. PEARSON INTL 1 1           1
VANCOUVER INTL 1              
VICTORIA INTL   1            
WINNIPEG INTL   1         1  

 

Date modified:
2012-01-10