AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Ring-billed gull reports at KDCA
The FAA database contains 104 filed reports pairing Ronald Reagan Washington National Arpt (KDCA) with Ring-billed gull; damage was indicated in 10.6% and engine ingestion in 6.7%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1041990–export
Damage indicated1110.6% of reports
Engine ingestion76.7% of reports
Latest report2026-03-04in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Ring-billed gull reports at KDCA: 104 paired reports in the FAA file
Ring-billed gull reports at KDCA contains 104 filed reports; 11 indicate damage and 7 record engine ingestion, while the national Ring-billed gull parent contains 2,496 reports.
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.