AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
American barn owl reports at KHOU
The FAA database contains 14 filed reports pairing William P Hobby Arpt (KHOU) with American barn owl; damage was indicated in 7.1% and engine ingestion in 7.1%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports141990–export
Damage indicated17.1% of reports
Engine ingestion17.1% of reports
Latest report2021-07-30in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
American barn owl reports at KHOU: 14 paired reports in the FAA file
American barn owl reports at KHOU contains 14 filed reports; 1 indicate damage and 1 record engine ingestion, while the national American barn owl parent contains 2,370 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.