AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Mourning dove reports at KHOU
The FAA database contains 154 filed reports pairing William P Hobby Arpt (KHOU) with Mourning dove; damage was indicated in 1.9% and engine ingestion in 7.8%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1541990–export
Damage indicated31.9% of reports
Engine ingestion127.8% of reports
Latest report2026-07-18in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Mourning dove reports at KHOU: 154 paired reports in the FAA file
Mourning dove reports at KHOU contains 154 filed reports; 3 indicate damage and 12 record engine ingestion, while the national Mourning dove parent contains 17,518 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.