AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Red-tailed hawk reports at KPDX
The FAA database contains 162 filed reports pairing Portland Intl (Or) (KPDX) with Red-tailed hawk; damage was indicated in 8.6% and engine ingestion in 6.2%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1621990–export
Damage indicated148.6% of reports
Engine ingestion106.2% of reports
Latest report2026-05-23in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Red-tailed hawk reports at KPDX: 162 paired reports in the FAA file
Red-tailed hawk reports at KPDX contains 162 filed reports; 14 indicate damage and 10 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.