AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Barn swallow reports at KLEX
The FAA database contains 71 filed reports pairing Blue Grass Arpt (KLEX) with Barn swallow; damage was indicated in 0.0% 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 reports711990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion22.8% of reports
Latest report2026-07-25in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Barn swallow reports at KLEX: 71 paired reports in the FAA file
Barn swallow reports at KLEX contains 71 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 2 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.