AIRPORT × WILDLIFE

Barn swallow reports at KCLE

The FAA database contains 196 filed reports pairing Cleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt (KCLE) with Barn swallow; damage was indicated in 0.5% and engine ingestion in 1.0%. This count is not a future-event probability.

Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026

Filed reports1961990–export

Damage indicated10.5% of reports

Engine ingestion21.0% of reports

Latest report2026-07-22in this aggregate

01 / CONTEXT

Barn swallow reports at KCLE: 196 paired reports in the FAA file

Barn swallow reports at KCLE contains 196 filed reports; 1 indicate damage and 2 record engine ingestion, while the national Barn swallow parent contains 11,231 reports.

AIRPORTKCLECleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt WILDLIFEBarn swallow11,231 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.