AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Red-tailed hawk reports at KLAX
The FAA database contains 126 filed reports pairing Los Angeles Intl (KLAX) with Red-tailed hawk; damage was indicated in 4.0% and engine ingestion in 11.1%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1261990–export
Damage indicated54.0% of reports
Engine ingestion1411.1% of reports
Latest report2026-04-21in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Red-tailed hawk reports at KLAX: 126 paired reports in the FAA file
Red-tailed hawk reports at KLAX contains 126 filed reports; 5 indicate damage and 14 record engine ingestion, while the national Red-tailed hawk parent contains 4,484 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.