AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Northern pintail reports at KSLC
The FAA database contains 26 filed reports pairing Salt Lake City Intl (KSLC) with Northern pintail; damage was indicated in 42.3% and engine ingestion in 19.2%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports261990–export
Damage indicated1142.3% of reports
Engine ingestion519.2% of reports
Latest report2024-10-19in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Northern pintail reports at KSLC: 26 paired reports in the FAA file
Northern pintail reports at KSLC contains 26 filed reports; 11 indicate damage and 5 record engine ingestion, while the national Northern pintail parent contains 283 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.