AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Ring-billed gull reports at KMSY
The FAA database contains 10 filed reports pairing Louie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt (KMSY) with Ring-billed gull; damage was indicated in 30.0% and engine ingestion in 20.0%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports101990–export
Damage indicated330.0% of reports
Engine ingestion220.0% of reports
Latest report2019-05-11in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Ring-billed gull reports at KMSY: 10 paired reports in the FAA file
Ring-billed gull reports at KMSY contains 10 filed reports; 3 indicate damage and 2 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.