KDCA / DCADISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Ronald Reagan Washington National Arpt

Ronald Reagan Washington National Arpt (KDCA) has 2,273 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-04-13 through 2026-07-17; 557 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 6.8% of all reports.

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

All reports2,2731990–export

2021–2025 reports557five complete years

Reported damage6.8%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate141.3reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

Ronald Reagan Washington National Arpt: 557 reports in 2021–2025

Ronald Reagan Washington National Arpt filed 557 reports in 2021–2025, which was 134 more than the 423 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports1556.8% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports1024.5% of reports

Serious / destroyed30FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$13.5Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ronald Reagan Washington National Arpt: 2016–2025 reporting record

Ronald Reagan Washington National Arpt has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 980 filed reports in the annual series.

2016118 reports · 5.1% damage

201788 reports · 8.0% damage

201889 reports · 2.2% damage

201992 reports · 4.3% damage

202036 reports · 2.8% damage

202174 reports · 5.4% damage

2022124 reports · 3.2% damage

2023110 reports · 1.8% damage

2024107 reports · 5.6% damage

2025142 reports · 2.1% damage

03 / SEASON

Ronald Reagan Washington National Arpt: reports by month

Ronald Reagan Washington National Arpt has 557 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan8

Feb13

Mar18

Apr69

May96

Jun33

Jul43

Aug64

Sep66

Oct85

Nov46

Dec16

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Ronald Reagan Washington National Arpt: reports by flight phase

Ronald Reagan Washington National Arpt has 464 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Approach300 · 4.0% damage

Climb71 · 7.0% damage

Landing Roll36 · 0.0% damage

Take-off Run33 · 6.1% damage

Departure11 · 0.0% damage

Descent5 · 0.0% damage

Arrival4 · 0.0% damage

Local3 · 0.0% damage

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

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

Ronald Reagan Washington National Arpt: named wildlife

Ronald Reagan Washington National Arpt has 22 published named-wildlife combinations representing 811 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

GullsFAA species ID NE1161 reports · 11.2% damage Ring-billed gullFAA species ID NE104104 reports · 10.6% damage OspreyFAA species ID K200173 reports · 15.1% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K511464 reports · 0.0% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL00164 reports · 4.7% damage Chimney swiftFAA species ID T100253 reports · 0.0% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O220552 reports · 3.8% damage Canada gooseFAA species ID J220439 reports · 30.8% damage MallardFAA species ID J210924 reports · 16.7% damage Rock pigeonFAA species ID O211119 reports · 15.8% damage Bald eagleFAA species ID K320118 reports · 22.2% damage SparrowsFAA species ID ZX318 reports · 5.6% damage

All 22 published wildlife combinations

Gulls · 161 Ring-billed gull · 104 Osprey · 73 American kestrel · 64 European starling · 64 Chimney swift · 53 Mourning dove · 52 Canada goose · 39 Mallard · 24 Rock pigeon · 19 Bald eagle · 18 Sparrows · 18 Red fox · 15 Ducks · 15 Blackbirds · 14 Herring gull · 13 Red-tailed hawk · 13 Killdeer · 13 Short-eared owl · 12 Caspian tern · 9 Barn swallow · 9 American robin · 9

06 / AIRCRAFT

Ronald Reagan Washington National Arpt: aircraft types in filed reports

Ronald Reagan Washington National Arpt has 27 published aircraft-type combinations representing 1,768 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

A-319Aircraft type243 reports · 5.3% damage EMB-170Aircraft type236 reports · 8.5% damage A-320Aircraft type141 reports · 5.0% damage CRJ100/200Aircraft type138 reports · 5.8% damage B-737-800Aircraft type130 reports · 6.9% damage CRJ700Aircraft type121 reports · 3.3% damage B-737-700Aircraft type103 reports · 1.9% damage CRJ900Aircraft type65 reports · 4.6% damage B-737-300Aircraft type63 reports · 22.2% damage B-757-200Aircraft type55 reports · 10.9% damage

All 27 published aircraft combinations

A-319 · 243 EMB-170 · 236 A-320 · 141 CRJ100/200 · 138 B-737-800 · 130 CRJ700 · 121 B-737-700 · 103 CRJ900 · 65 B-737-300 · 63 B-757-200 · 55 EMB-190 · 52 A-321 · 51 B-727-200 · 40 B-737-8 · 38 MD-82 · 32 B-737-400 · 29 MD-80 · 29 B-737-7 · 28 FOKKER F100 · 23 MD-88 · 23 EMB-145 · 23 DC-9-30 · 22 EMB-135 · 19 B-727 · 18 B-737 · 17 DHC8 DASH 8 · 17 B-737-200 · 12

07 / DC

Ronald Reagan Washington National Arpt: other covered airports in District of Columbia

Ronald Reagan Washington National Arpt has 1 other published airport profiles in District of Columbia; 1 appear in this state-context list.

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