AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Herring gull reports at KLGA
The FAA database contains 230 filed reports pairing La Guardia Arpt (KLGA) with Herring gull; damage was indicated in 6.1% and engine ingestion in 5.2%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports2301990–export
Damage indicated146.1% of reports
Engine ingestion125.2% of reports
Latest report2026-09-03in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Herring gull reports at KLGA: 230 paired reports in the FAA file
Herring gull reports at KLGA contains 230 filed reports; 14 indicate damage and 12 record engine ingestion, while the national Herring gull parent contains 2,261 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.