AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Ring-billed gull reports at KLGA
The FAA database contains 100 filed reports pairing La Guardia Arpt (KLGA) with Ring-billed gull; damage was indicated in 1.0% and engine ingestion in 9.0%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1001990–export
Damage indicated11.0% of reports
Engine ingestion99.0% of reports
Latest report2025-10-14in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Ring-billed gull reports at KLGA: 100 paired reports in the FAA file
Ring-billed gull reports at KLGA contains 100 filed reports; 1 indicate damage and 9 record engine ingestion, while the national Ring-billed gull parent contains 2,496 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.