AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
American barn owl reports at KLAX
The FAA database contains 150 filed reports pairing Los Angeles Intl (KLAX) with American barn owl; damage was indicated in 0.7% and engine ingestion in 2.0%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1501990–export
Damage indicated10.7% of reports
Engine ingestion32.0% of reports
Latest report2026-06-23in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
American barn owl reports at KLAX: 150 paired reports in the FAA file
American barn owl reports at KLAX contains 150 filed reports; 1 indicate damage and 3 record engine ingestion, while the national American barn owl parent contains 2,370 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.