AIRPORT × WILDLIFE

Gulls reports at KDCA

The FAA database contains 161 filed reports pairing Ronald Reagan Washington National Arpt (KDCA) with Gulls; damage was indicated in 11.2% and engine ingestion in 10.6%. This count is not a future-event probability.

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

Filed reports1611990–export

Damage indicated1811.2% of reports

Engine ingestion1710.6% of reports

Latest report2025-04-12in this aggregate

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Gulls reports at KDCA: 161 paired reports in the FAA file

Gulls reports at KDCA contains 161 filed reports; 18 indicate damage and 17 record engine ingestion, while the national Gulls parent contains 7,295 reports.

AIRPORTKDCARonald Reagan Washington National Arpt WILDLIFEGulls7,295 reports nationally

WHY THERE IS NO RISK GRADE

FAA reporting is voluntary, reporting intensity varies, and this pairing has no flight-exposure denominator. Runway Wildlife keeps counts and conditional damage shares separate.