Swainson's hawk

The FAA database contains 273 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Swainson's hawk across 59 airports; damage was indicated in 13.6% and engine ingestion in 7.7%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports2731990–export

Airports represented59distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated13.6%of filed reports

Engine ingestion7.7%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports37FAA report field

Serious / destroyed5FAA S or D level

Effect on flight21effect supplied

Reported cost$1.3Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Swainson's hawk: 2016–2025 reporting record

Swainson's hawk has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 133 filed reports in the annual series.

201612 · 33.3% damage

20179 · 11.1% damage

201819 · 5.3% damage

20196 · 0.0% damage

202015 · 13.3% damage

202111 · 9.1% damage

202213 · 23.1% damage

202314 · 35.7% damage

202420 · 15.0% damage

202514 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Swainson's hawk: 2021–2025 by month

Swainson's hawk appears in 72 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan1

Feb0

Mar1

Apr13

May6

Jun6

Jul11

Aug18

Sep11

Oct5

Nov0

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Swainson's hawk: published airport records

Swainson's hawk has 6 published airport combinations representing 164 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KSLCSalt Lake City Intl59 reports · 13.6% damage KSMFSacramento Intl37 reports · 13.5% damage KDENDenver Intl Airport33 reports · 24.2% damage KDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt12 reports · 16.7% damage KSCKStockton Metro12 reports · 0.0% damage KMCIKansas City Intl11 reports · 27.3% damage