Cave swallow

The FAA database contains 111 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Cave swallow across 23 airports; damage was indicated in 1.8% and engine ingestion in 1.8%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1111990–export

Airports represented23distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated1.8%of filed reports

Engine ingestion1.8%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports2FAA report field

Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level

Effect on flight1effect supplied

Reported cost$0inflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Cave swallow: 2016–2025 reporting record

Cave swallow has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 90 filed reports in the annual series.

20167 · 0.0% damage

20177 · 0.0% damage

20188 · 12.5% damage

201913 · 7.7% damage

20207 · 0.0% damage

20215 · 0.0% damage

20225 · 0.0% damage

20238 · 0.0% damage

202414 · 0.0% damage

202516 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Cave swallow: 2021–2025 by month

Cave swallow appears in 48 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb1

Mar0

Apr3

May1

Jun12

Jul4

Aug9

Sep9

Oct2

Nov6

Dec1

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Cave swallow: published airport records

Cave swallow has 4 published airport combinations representing 73 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

TJSJLuis Munoz Marin Intl44 reports · 0.0% damage KEFDEllington Field Arpt11 reports · 0.0% damage KAUSAustin-Bergstrom Intl9 reports · 11.1% damage KIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt9 reports · 0.0% damage