AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Red-tailed hawk reports at KSDF
The FAA database contains 63 filed reports pairing Muhammad Ali International (KSDF) with Red-tailed hawk; damage was indicated in 0.0% 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 reports631990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion23.2% of reports
Latest report2026-02-08in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Red-tailed hawk reports at KSDF: 63 paired reports in the FAA file
Red-tailed hawk reports at KSDF contains 63 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 2 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.