AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Red-tailed hawk reports at KORD
The FAA database contains 262 filed reports pairing Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt (KORD) with Red-tailed hawk; damage was indicated in 9.2% 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 reports2621990–export
Damage indicated249.2% of reports
Engine ingestion176.5% of reports
Latest report2026-05-12in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Red-tailed hawk reports at KORD: 262 paired reports in the FAA file
Red-tailed hawk reports at KORD contains 262 filed reports; 24 indicate damage and 17 record engine ingestion, while the national Red-tailed hawk parent contains 4,484 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.