AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Red-tailed hawk reports at KVNY
The FAA database contains 13 filed reports pairing Van Nuys Arpt (KVNY) with Red-tailed hawk; damage was indicated in 7.7% and engine ingestion in 0.0%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports131990–export
Damage indicated17.7% of reports
Engine ingestion00.0% of reports
Latest report2025-09-01in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Red-tailed hawk reports at KVNY: 13 paired reports in the FAA file
Red-tailed hawk reports at KVNY contains 13 filed reports; 1 indicate damage and 0 record engine ingestion, while the national Red-tailed hawk parent contains 4,484 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.