AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Barn swallow reports at KBNA
The FAA database contains 188 filed reports pairing Nashville Intl (KBNA) with Barn swallow; damage was indicated in 1.1% and engine ingestion in 1.6%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1881990–export
Damage indicated21.1% of reports
Engine ingestion31.6% of reports
Latest report2026-07-24in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Barn swallow reports at KBNA: 188 paired reports in the FAA file
Barn swallow reports at KBNA contains 188 filed reports; 2 indicate damage and 3 record engine ingestion, while the national Barn swallow parent contains 11,231 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.