AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Eastern cottontail reports at KATL
The FAA database contains 22 filed reports pairing Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt (KATL) with Eastern cottontail; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 0.0%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports221990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion00.0% of reports
Latest report2022-11-13in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Eastern cottontail reports at KATL: 22 paired reports in the FAA file
Eastern cottontail reports at KATL contains 22 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 0 record engine ingestion, while the national Eastern cottontail parent contains 244 reports.
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.