AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies reports at KPWK
The FAA database contains 11 filed reports pairing Chicago Executive Arpt (KPWK) with Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies; damage was indicated in 9.1% and engine ingestion in 9.1%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports111990–export
Damage indicated19.1% of reports
Engine ingestion19.1% of reports
Latest report2022-08-04in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies reports at KPWK: 11 paired reports in the FAA file
Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies reports at KPWK contains 11 filed reports; 1 indicate damage and 1 record engine ingestion, while the national Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies parent contains 413 reports.
AIRPORTKPWKChicago Executive ArptWILDLIFESandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies413 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.