AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Herring gull reports at KBWI
The FAA database contains 12 filed reports pairing Baltimore/Wash Intl Thurgood Marshal Arpt (KBWI) with Herring gull; damage was indicated in 41.7% and engine ingestion in 16.7%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports121990–export
Damage indicated541.7% of reports
Engine ingestion216.7% of reports
Latest report2026-01-15in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Herring gull reports at KBWI: 12 paired reports in the FAA file
Herring gull reports at KBWI contains 12 filed reports; 5 indicate damage and 2 record engine ingestion, while the national Herring gull parent contains 2,261 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.