AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Gulls reports at KILG
The FAA database contains 36 filed reports pairing New Castle County (KILG) with Gulls; damage was indicated in 11.1% and engine ingestion in 2.8%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports361990–export
Damage indicated411.1% of reports
Engine ingestion12.8% of reports
Latest report2018-11-03in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Gulls reports at KILG: 36 paired reports in the FAA file
Gulls reports at KILG contains 36 filed reports; 4 indicate damage and 1 record engine ingestion, while the national Gulls parent contains 7,295 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.