AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Western cattle egret reports at KMSY
The FAA database contains 23 filed reports pairing Louie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt (KMSY) with Western cattle egret; damage was indicated in 13.0% and engine ingestion in 21.7%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports231990–export
Damage indicated313.0% of reports
Engine ingestion521.7% of reports
Latest report2025-11-28in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Western cattle egret reports at KMSY: 23 paired reports in the FAA file
Western cattle egret reports at KMSY contains 23 filed reports; 3 indicate damage and 5 record engine ingestion, while the national Western cattle egret parent contains 1,175 reports.
AIRPORTKMSYLouie Armstrong New Orleans Intl ArptWILDLIFEWestern cattle egret1,175 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.