AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Western cattle egret reports at KHOU
The FAA database contains 20 filed reports pairing William P Hobby Arpt (KHOU) with Western cattle egret; damage was indicated in 5.0% and engine ingestion in 10.0%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports201990–export
Damage indicated15.0% of reports
Engine ingestion210.0% of reports
Latest report2025-09-01in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Western cattle egret reports at KHOU: 20 paired reports in the FAA file
Western cattle egret reports at KHOU contains 20 filed reports; 1 indicate damage and 2 record engine ingestion, while the national Western cattle egret parent contains 1,175 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.