AIRPORT × WILDLIFE

Cliff swallow reports at KIAH

The FAA database contains 222 filed reports pairing George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt (KIAH) with Cliff swallow; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 1.4%. This count is not a future-event probability.

Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026

Filed reports2221990–export

Damage indicated00.0% of reports

Engine ingestion31.4% of reports

Latest report2026-07-19in this aggregate

01 / CONTEXT

Cliff swallow reports at KIAH: 222 paired reports in the FAA file

Cliff swallow reports at KIAH contains 222 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 3 record engine ingestion, while the national Cliff swallow parent contains 3,607 reports.

AIRPORTKIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt WILDLIFECliff swallow3,607 reports nationally

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.