AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Short-eared owl reports at KSLC
The FAA database contains 20 filed reports pairing Salt Lake City Intl (KSLC) with Short-eared owl; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 5.0%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports201990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion15.0% of reports
Latest report2025-02-17in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Short-eared owl reports at KSLC: 20 paired reports in the FAA file
Short-eared owl reports at KSLC contains 20 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 1 record engine ingestion, while the national Short-eared owl parent contains 1,044 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.