AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Barn swallow reports at KPIT
The FAA database contains 105 filed reports pairing Pittsburgh Intl Arpt (KPIT) with Barn swallow; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 1.9%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1051990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion21.9% of reports
Latest report2026-07-19in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Barn swallow reports at KPIT: 105 paired reports in the FAA file
Barn swallow reports at KPIT contains 105 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 2 record engine ingestion, while the national Barn swallow parent contains 11,231 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.