AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
American kestrel reports at KORD
The FAA database contains 428 filed reports pairing Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt (KORD) with American kestrel; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 0.5%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports4281990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion20.5% of reports
Latest report2026-07-23in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
American kestrel reports at KORD: 428 paired reports in the FAA file
American kestrel reports at KORD contains 428 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 2 record engine ingestion, while the national American kestrel parent contains 10,498 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.