AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Barn swallow reports at KLGA
The FAA database contains 144 filed reports pairing La Guardia Arpt (KLGA) with Barn swallow; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 0.7%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1441990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion10.7% of reports
Latest report2026-05-27in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Barn swallow reports at KLGA: 144 paired reports in the FAA file
Barn swallow reports at KLGA contains 144 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 1 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.