AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Ring-billed gull reports at KBKL
The FAA database contains 109 filed reports pairing Burke Lakefront (KBKL) with Ring-billed gull; damage was indicated in 4.6% and engine ingestion in 1.8%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1091990–export
Damage indicated54.6% of reports
Engine ingestion21.8% of reports
Latest report2026-03-20in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Ring-billed gull reports at KBKL: 109 paired reports in the FAA file
Ring-billed gull reports at KBKL contains 109 filed reports; 5 indicate damage and 2 record engine ingestion, while the national Ring-billed gull parent contains 2,496 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.