AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Glaucous-winged gull reports at KBLI
The FAA database contains 11 filed reports pairing Bellingham Intl (KBLI) with Glaucous-winged gull; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 9.1%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports111990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion19.1% of reports
Latest report2024-12-24in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Glaucous-winged gull reports at KBLI: 11 paired reports in the FAA file
Glaucous-winged gull reports at KBLI contains 11 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 1 record engine ingestion, while the national Glaucous-winged gull parent contains 240 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.