AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
American kestrel reports at KBWI
The FAA database contains 128 filed reports pairing Baltimore/Wash Intl Thurgood Marshal Arpt (KBWI) with American kestrel; damage was indicated in 1.6% and engine ingestion in 4.7%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1281990–export
Damage indicated21.6% of reports
Engine ingestion64.7% of reports
Latest report2026-04-11in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
American kestrel reports at KBWI: 128 paired reports in the FAA file
American kestrel reports at KBWI contains 128 filed reports; 2 indicate damage and 6 record engine ingestion, while the national American kestrel parent contains 10,498 reports.
AIRPORTKBWIBaltimore/Wash Intl Thurgood Marshal ArptWILDLIFEAmerican kestrel10,498 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.