AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Rock pigeon reports at KLGA
The FAA database contains 148 filed reports pairing La Guardia Arpt (KLGA) with Rock pigeon; damage was indicated in 3.4% and engine ingestion in 4.1%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1481990–export
Damage indicated53.4% of reports
Engine ingestion64.1% of reports
Latest report2026-04-24in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Rock pigeon reports at KLGA: 148 paired reports in the FAA file
Rock pigeon reports at KLGA contains 148 filed reports; 5 indicate damage and 6 record engine ingestion, while the national Rock pigeon parent contains 4,678 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.