AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
American barn owl reports at KYKM
The FAA database contains 10 filed reports pairing Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field (KYKM) with American barn owl; damage was indicated in 10.0% 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 reports101990–export
Damage indicated110.0% of reports
Engine ingestion00.0% of reports
Latest report2018-06-15in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
American barn owl reports at KYKM: 10 paired reports in the FAA file
American barn owl reports at KYKM contains 10 filed reports; 1 indicate damage and 0 record engine ingestion, while the national American barn owl parent contains 2,370 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.