AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Red-tailed hawk reports at KCLE
The FAA database contains 129 filed reports pairing Cleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt (KCLE) with Red-tailed hawk; damage was indicated in 7.0% and engine ingestion in 5.4%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1291990–export
Damage indicated97.0% of reports
Engine ingestion75.4% of reports
Latest report2024-11-06in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Red-tailed hawk reports at KCLE: 129 paired reports in the FAA file
Red-tailed hawk reports at KCLE contains 129 filed reports; 9 indicate damage and 7 record engine ingestion, while the national Red-tailed hawk parent contains 4,484 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.