AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Barn swallow reports at KHOU
The FAA database contains 33 filed reports pairing William P Hobby Arpt (KHOU) with Barn swallow; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 6.1%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports331990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion26.1% of reports
Latest report2026-07-04in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Barn swallow reports at KHOU: 33 paired reports in the FAA file
Barn swallow reports at KHOU contains 33 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 2 record engine ingestion, while the national Barn swallow parent contains 11,231 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.