AIRPORT × WILDLIFE

Barn swallow reports at KPDX

The FAA database contains 217 filed reports pairing Portland Intl (Or) (KPDX) with Barn swallow; damage was indicated in 1.4% and engine ingestion in 3.2%. This count is not a future-event probability.

Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026

Filed reports2171990–export

Damage indicated31.4% of reports

Engine ingestion73.2% of reports

Latest report2026-06-11in this aggregate

01 / CONTEXT

Barn swallow reports at KPDX: 217 paired reports in the FAA file

Barn swallow reports at KPDX contains 217 filed reports; 3 indicate damage and 7 record engine ingestion, while the national Barn swallow parent contains 11,231 reports.

AIRPORTKPDXPortland Intl (Or)WILDLIFEBarn swallow11,231 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.