AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Red-tailed hawk reports at KMSP
The FAA database contains 31 filed reports pairing Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Arpt (KMSP) with Red-tailed hawk; damage was indicated in 9.7% and engine ingestion in 6.5%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports311990–export
Damage indicated39.7% of reports
Engine ingestion26.5% of reports
Latest report2026-03-07in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Red-tailed hawk reports at KMSP: 31 paired reports in the FAA file
Red-tailed hawk reports at KMSP contains 31 filed reports; 3 indicate damage and 2 record engine ingestion, while the national Red-tailed hawk parent contains 4,484 reports.
AIRPORTKMSPMinneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain ArptWILDLIFERed-tailed hawk4,484 reports nationally
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.