AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Burrowing owl reports at KSJC
The FAA database contains 60 filed reports pairing Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl Arpt (KSJC) with Burrowing owl; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 1.7%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports601990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion11.7% of reports
Latest report2025-02-21in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Burrowing owl reports at KSJC: 60 paired reports in the FAA file
Burrowing owl reports at KSJC contains 60 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 1 record engine ingestion, while the national Burrowing owl parent contains 533 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.