AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Brazilian free-tailed bat reports at KATL
The FAA database contains 113 filed reports pairing Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt (KATL) with Brazilian free-tailed bat; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 0.9%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1131990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion10.9% of reports
Latest report2026-07-14in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Brazilian free-tailed bat reports at KATL: 113 paired reports in the FAA file
Brazilian free-tailed bat reports at KATL contains 113 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 1 record engine ingestion, while the national Brazilian free-tailed bat parent contains 1,333 reports.
AIRPORTKATLHartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl ArptWILDLIFEBrazilian free-tailed bat1,333 reports nationally
WHY THERE IS NO RISK GRADE
FAA reporting is voluntary, reporting intensity varies, and this pairing has no flight-exposure denominator. Runway Wildlife keeps counts and conditional damage shares separate.