AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Gulls reports at KBWI
The FAA database contains 104 filed reports pairing Baltimore/Wash Intl Thurgood Marshal Arpt (KBWI) with Gulls; damage was indicated in 17.3% and engine ingestion in 15.4%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1041990–export
Damage indicated1817.3% of reports
Engine ingestion1615.4% of reports
Latest report2024-04-28in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Gulls reports at KBWI: 104 paired reports in the FAA file
Gulls reports at KBWI contains 104 filed reports; 18 indicate damage and 16 record engine ingestion, while the national Gulls parent contains 7,295 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.