KCLT / CLTNORTH CAROLINA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Charlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt

Charlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt (KCLT) has 3,830 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-04-20 through 2026-07-16; 1,106 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 3.1% of all reports.

Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Voluntary-report cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026

All reports3,8301990–export

2021–2025 reports1,106five complete years

Reported damage3.1%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate137.1reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

Charlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt: 1,106 reports in 2021–2025

Charlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt filed 1,106 reports in 2021–2025, which was 115 more than the 991 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports1203.1% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports1223.2% of reports

Serious / destroyed18FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$1.8Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Charlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt: 2016–2025 reporting record

Charlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 2,097 filed reports in the annual series.

2016206 reports · 0.5% damage

2017223 reports · 3.6% damage

2018207 reports · 1.9% damage

2019243 reports · 2.1% damage

2020112 reports · 0.9% damage

2021186 reports · 0.5% damage

2022209 reports · 2.9% damage

2023196 reports · 1.0% damage

2024254 reports · 1.6% damage

2025261 reports · 0.4% damage

03 / SEASON

Charlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt: reports by month

Charlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt has 1,106 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan19

Feb23

Mar66

Apr96

May107

Jun53

Jul94

Aug157

Sep157

Oct189

Nov107

Dec38

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Charlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt: reports by flight phase

Charlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt has 860 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Approach557 · 2.0% damage

Climb116 · 0.0% damage

Landing Roll106 · 0.0% damage

Take-off Run45 · 2.2% damage

Descent20 · 5.0% damage

Arrival8 · 12.5% damage

Departure6 · 0.0% damage

Local2 · 0.0% damage

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

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

Charlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt: named wildlife

Charlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt has 54 published named-wildlife combinations representing 1,890 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

Chimney swiftFAA species ID T1002195 reports · 0.5% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O2205173 reports · 1.2% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI005103 reports · 0.0% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N511196 reports · 0.0% damage American robinFAA species ID Z600791 reports · 1.1% damage Rock pigeonFAA species ID O211182 reports · 7.3% damage MicrobatsFAA species ID 1C282 reports · 0.0% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL00175 reports · 1.3% damage Cedar waxwingFAA species ID ZD10261 reports · 1.6% damage Cliff swallowFAA species ID YI00955 reports · 0.0% damage Eastern meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT00153 reports · 0.0% damage Brazilian free-tailed batFAA species ID 1C220153 reports · 0.0% damage

All 54 published wildlife combinations

Chimney swift · 195 Mourning dove · 173 Barn swallow · 103 Killdeer · 96 American robin · 91 Rock pigeon · 82 Microbats · 82 European starling · 75 Cedar waxwing · 61 Cliff swallow · 55 Eastern meadowlark · 53 Brazilian free-tailed bat · 53 Eastern red bat · 52 Swainson's thrush · 48 Perching birds (y) · 38 Red-tailed hawk · 37 Red-eyed vireo · 35 Sparrows · 30 Blackbirds · 28 Gulls · 28 American kestrel · 26 Red-winged blackbird · 25 Brown-headed cowbird · 24 Gray catbird · 23 Horned lark · 22 Coyote · 18 Yellow-rumped warbler · 18 Canada goose · 18 Ruby-crowned kinglet · 18 Savannah sparrow · 17 Hawks · 16 Common grackle · 16 American goldfinch · 15 Ovenbird · 14 White-throated sparrow · 14 Vesper bats · 14 American redstart · 12 Blue-gray gnatcatcher · 12 American pipit · 11 Wood thrush · 11 Ruby-throated hummingbird · 11 Blackpoll warbler · 10 Common nighthawk · 10 Ring-billed gull · 10 Purple martin · 10 Bay-breasted warbler · 10 Scarlet tanager · 10 Yellow-bellied sapsucker · 9 Black vulture · 9 American woodcock · 9 Cape May warbler · 9 Eastern wood-pewee · 8 Hermit thrush · 8 American crow · 8

06 / AIRCRAFT

Charlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt: aircraft types in filed reports

Charlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt has 27 published aircraft-type combinations representing 3,005 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

A-321Aircraft type642 reports · 1.6% damage A-319Aircraft type407 reports · 1.7% damage CRJ900Aircraft type327 reports · 1.8% damage A-320Aircraft type264 reports · 3.0% damage B-737-800Aircraft type209 reports · 1.9% damage CRJ100/200Aircraft type174 reports · 2.3% damage CRJ700Aircraft type149 reports · 2.0% damage EMB-145Aircraft type118 reports · 5.9% damage B-737-400Aircraft type115 reports · 10.4% damage B-737-300Aircraft type97 reports · 11.3% damage

All 27 published aircraft combinations

A-321 · 642 A-319 · 407 CRJ900 · 327 A-320 · 264 B-737-800 · 209 CRJ100/200 · 174 CRJ700 · 149 EMB-145 · 118 B-737-400 · 115 B-737-300 · 97 EMB-170 · 90 DHC8 DASH 8 · 71 B-757-200 · 47 FOKKER F100 · 47 B-717-200 · 43 DC-9-30 · 33 B-737-200 · 25 B-737-700 · 22 A-330 · 18 EMB-190 · 16 A-300 · 15 MD-80 · 14 B-737-8 · 13 B-777-200 · 13 BA-31 JETSTR · 12 MD-82 · 12 MD-88 · 12

07 / NC

Charlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt: other covered airports in North Carolina

Charlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt has 13 other published airport profiles in North Carolina; 8 appear in this state-context list.

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