AIRPORT × WILDLIFE

Short-billed gull reports at PANC

The FAA database contains 22 filed reports pairing Ted Stevens Anchorage Intl (PANC) with Short-billed gull; damage was indicated in 9.1% and engine ingestion in 4.5%. This count is not a future-event probability.

Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026

Filed reports221990–export

Damage indicated29.1% of reports

Engine ingestion14.5% of reports

Latest report2026-07-07in this aggregate

01 / CONTEXT

Short-billed gull reports at PANC: 22 paired reports in the FAA file

Short-billed gull reports at PANC contains 22 filed reports; 2 indicate damage and 1 record engine ingestion, while the national Short-billed gull parent contains 95 reports.

AIRPORTPANCTed Stevens Anchorage Intl WILDLIFEShort-billed gull95 reports nationally

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.