AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Great horned owl reports at PANC
The FAA database contains 14 filed reports pairing Ted Stevens Anchorage Intl (PANC) with Great horned owl; damage was indicated in 14.3% and engine ingestion in 7.1%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports141990–export
Damage indicated214.3% of reports
Engine ingestion17.1% of reports
Latest report2022-06-01in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Great horned owl reports at PANC: 14 paired reports in the FAA file
Great horned owl reports at PANC contains 14 filed reports; 2 indicate damage and 1 record engine ingestion, while the national Great horned owl parent contains 456 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.