AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Desert cottontail reports at KDEN
The FAA database contains 93 filed reports pairing Denver Intl Airport (KDEN) with Desert cottontail; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 0.0%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports931990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion00.0% of reports
Latest report2026-06-24in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Desert cottontail reports at KDEN: 93 paired reports in the FAA file
Desert cottontail reports at KDEN contains 93 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 0 record engine ingestion, while the national Desert cottontail parent contains 117 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.