AIRPORT × WILDLIFE

Cliff swallow reports at KSLC

The FAA database contains 287 filed reports pairing Salt Lake City Intl (KSLC) with Cliff swallow; damage was indicated in 0.3% and engine ingestion in 0.7%. This count is not a future-event probability.

Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026

Filed reports2871990–export

Damage indicated10.3% of reports

Engine ingestion20.7% of reports

Latest report2026-07-18in this aggregate

01 / CONTEXT

Cliff swallow reports at KSLC: 287 paired reports in the FAA file

Cliff swallow reports at KSLC contains 287 filed reports; 1 indicate damage and 2 record engine ingestion, while the national Cliff swallow parent contains 3,607 reports.

AIRPORTKSLCSalt Lake City Intl WILDLIFECliff swallow3,607 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.