AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Ring-billed gull reports at KORD
The FAA database contains 195 filed reports pairing Chicago O'Hare Intl Arpt (KORD) with Ring-billed gull; damage was indicated in 2.6% and engine ingestion in 4.1%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1951990–export
Damage indicated52.6% of reports
Engine ingestion84.1% of reports
Latest report2026-07-09in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Ring-billed gull reports at KORD: 195 paired reports in the FAA file
Ring-billed gull reports at KORD contains 195 filed reports; 5 indicate damage and 8 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.