AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
American barn owl reports at KPDX
The FAA database contains 171 filed reports pairing Portland Intl (Or) (KPDX) with American barn owl; damage was indicated in 4.1% and engine ingestion in 3.5%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1711990–export
Damage indicated74.1% of reports
Engine ingestion63.5% of reports
Latest report2026-07-18in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
American barn owl reports at KPDX: 171 paired reports in the FAA file
American barn owl reports at KPDX contains 171 filed reports; 7 indicate damage and 6 record engine ingestion, while the national American barn owl parent contains 2,370 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.