AIRPORT × WILDLIFE

Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies reports at KDTW

The FAA database contains 8 filed reports pairing Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt (KDTW) with Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies; damage was indicated in 12.5% and engine ingestion in 12.5%. This count is not a future-event probability.

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

Filed reports81990–export

Damage indicated112.5% of reports

Engine ingestion112.5% of reports

Latest report2013-09-14in this aggregate

01 / CONTEXT

Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies reports at KDTW: 8 paired reports in the FAA file

Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies reports at KDTW contains 8 filed reports; 1 indicate damage and 1 record engine ingestion, while the national Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies parent contains 413 reports.

AIRPORTKDTWDetroit Metro Wayne County Arpt WILDLIFESandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies413 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.