AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
American barn owl reports at KSEA
The FAA database contains 130 filed reports pairing Seattle-Tacoma Intl (KSEA) with American barn owl; damage was indicated in 1.5% and engine ingestion in 1.5%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1301990–export
Damage indicated21.5% of reports
Engine ingestion21.5% of reports
Latest report2026-04-18in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
American barn owl reports at KSEA: 130 paired reports in the FAA file
American barn owl reports at KSEA contains 130 filed reports; 2 indicate damage and 2 record engine ingestion, while the national American barn owl parent contains 2,370 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.