KBWI / BWIMARYLAND

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Baltimore/Wash Intl Thurgood Marshal Arpt

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KBWI, from 1990-03-07 through 2026-07-19. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports2,9351990–export

2021–2025 reports613five complete years

Reported damage4.7%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate208.7reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

613 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 48 more reports than 2016–2020 (565). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports1394.7% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports1374.7% of reports

Serious / destroyed31FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$2.4Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

2016144 reports · 2.1% damage

2017102 reports · 3.9% damage

2018117 reports · 3.4% damage

2019116 reports · 2.6% damage

202086 reports · 2.3% damage

202178 reports · 2.6% damage

202292 reports · 4.3% damage

2023136 reports · 2.2% damage

2024117 reports · 2.6% damage

2025190 reports · 0.5% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan11

Feb10

Mar32

Apr66

May77

Jun40

Jul66

Aug92

Sep81

Oct87

Nov35

Dec16

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach283 · 1.8% damage

Climb81 · 3.7% damage

Landing Roll67 · 3.0% damage

Take-off Run63 · 3.2% damage

Departure7 · 14.3% damage

Descent5 · 0.0% damage

Arrival1 · 0.0% damage

Taxi1 · 0.0% damage

Phase counts use 2021–2025 reports with a supplied phase.

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

Named species in this airport record

Unknown-bird categories remain in airport totals but do not get thin species-combination pages.

European starlingFAA species ID YL001186 reports · 2.2% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K5114128 reports · 1.6% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O2205105 reports · 3.8% damage GullsFAA species ID NE1104 reports · 17.3% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI00587 reports · 1.1% damage Eastern meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT00155 reports · 0.0% damage Ring-billed gullFAA species ID NE10447 reports · 2.1% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N511143 reports · 0.0% damage American robinFAA species ID Z600733 reports · 9.1% damage SparrowsFAA species ID ZX332 reports · 3.1% damage Chimney swiftFAA species ID T100230 reports · 3.3% damage WoodchuckFAA species ID 1E320129 reports · 0.0% damage

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

A report count does not supply an exposure denominator by aircraft type.

B-737-700Aircraft type484 reports · 5.6% damage B-737-300Aircraft type262 reports · 10.3% damage B-737-7Aircraft type209 reports · 2.9% damage B-737-800Aircraft type208 reports · 1.0% damage B-737-8Aircraft type180 reports · 2.2% damage A-320Aircraft type108 reports · 4.6% damage B-757-200Aircraft type81 reports · 11.1% damage DHC8 DASH 8Aircraft type56 reports · 7.1% damage A-321Aircraft type48 reports · 4.2% damage A-319Aircraft type43 reports · 4.7% damage

07 / MD

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