AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Scissor-tailed flycatcher reports at KDFW
The FAA database contains 210 filed reports pairing Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt (KDFW) with Scissor-tailed flycatcher; damage was indicated in 0.5% and engine ingestion in 0.5%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports2101990–export
Damage indicated10.5% of reports
Engine ingestion10.5% of reports
Latest report2026-07-16in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Scissor-tailed flycatcher reports at KDFW: 210 paired reports in the FAA file
Scissor-tailed flycatcher reports at KDFW contains 210 filed reports; 1 indicate damage and 1 record engine ingestion, while the national Scissor-tailed flycatcher parent contains 455 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.