AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Vesper bats reports at KDTW
The FAA database contains 22 filed reports pairing Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt (KDTW) with Vesper bats; 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 reports221990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion00.0% of reports
Latest report2026-06-07in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Vesper bats reports at KDTW: 22 paired reports in the FAA file
Vesper bats reports at KDTW contains 22 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 0 record engine ingestion, while the national Vesper bats parent contains 231 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.