AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Barn swallow reports at KIAH
The FAA database contains 97 filed reports pairing George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt (KIAH) with Barn swallow; damage was indicated in 1.0% 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 reports971990–export
Damage indicated11.0% of reports
Engine ingestion00.0% of reports
Latest report2026-07-18in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Barn swallow reports at KIAH: 97 paired reports in the FAA file
Barn swallow reports at KIAH contains 97 filed reports; 1 indicate damage and 0 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.