AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Cliff swallow reports at KSBA
The FAA database contains 123 filed reports pairing Santa Barbara Municipal (KSBA) with Cliff swallow; damage was indicated in 0.8% and engine ingestion in 0.0%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1231990–export
Damage indicated10.8% of reports
Engine ingestion00.0% of reports
Latest report2026-07-07in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Cliff swallow reports at KSBA: 123 paired reports in the FAA file
Cliff swallow reports at KSBA contains 123 filed reports; 1 indicate damage and 0 record engine ingestion, while the national Cliff swallow parent contains 3,607 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.