KDEN / DENCOLORADO

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Denver Intl Airport

Denver Intl Airport (KDEN) has 11,934 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1994-09-26 through 2026-08-08; 3,758 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 2.1% of all reports.

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

All reports11,9341990–export

2021–2025 reports3,758five complete years

Reported damage2.1%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate230.0reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

Denver Intl Airport: 3,758 reports in 2021–2025

Denver Intl Airport filed 3,758 reports in 2021–2025, which was 1,500 more than the 2,258 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports2542.1% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports3382.8% of reports

Serious / destroyed43FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$49.4Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Denver Intl Airport: 2016–2025 reporting record

Denver Intl Airport has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 6,016 filed reports in the annual series.

2016442 reports · 2.3% damage

2017328 reports · 2.7% damage

2018464 reports · 2.6% damage

2019563 reports · 1.1% damage

2020461 reports · 1.1% damage

2021644 reports · 0.6% damage

2022771 reports · 1.4% damage

2023612 reports · 1.8% damage

2024873 reports · 1.1% damage

2025858 reports · 1.9% damage

03 / SEASON

Denver Intl Airport: reports by month

Denver Intl Airport has 3,758 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan100

Feb84

Mar95

Apr161

May398

Jun653

Jul800

Aug423

Sep551

Oct289

Nov108

Dec96

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Denver Intl Airport: reports by flight phase

Denver Intl Airport has 1,845 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Landing Roll640 · 0.9% damage

Take-off Run520 · 1.9% damage

Approach341 · 4.4% damage

Climb140 · 10.7% damage

Departure113 · 0.9% damage

Arrival43 · 4.7% damage

Local35 · 0.0% damage

Descent13 · 23.1% damage

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

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

Denver Intl Airport: named wildlife

Denver Intl Airport has 58 published named-wildlife combinations representing 8,380 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

Horned larkFAA species ID YH0043,619 reports · 0.2% damage Western meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT002807 reports · 0.2% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O2205764 reports · 1.0% damage Cliff swallowFAA species ID YI009528 reports · 0.0% damage Rock pigeonFAA species ID O2111350 reports · 3.4% damage White-tailed jackrabbitFAA species ID 1D12246 reports · 0.4% damage Red-tailed hawkFAA species ID K3302162 reports · 14.2% damage Lark buntingFAA species ID ZX327138 reports · 0.0% damage Black-tailed jackrabbitFAA species ID 1D11132 reports · 0.0% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI005118 reports · 0.0% damage Great horned owlFAA species ID R220393 reports · 5.4% damage Desert cottontailFAA species ID 1D2293 reports · 0.0% damage

All 58 published wildlife combinations

Horned lark · 3,619 Western meadowlark · 807 Mourning dove · 764 Cliff swallow · 528 Rock pigeon · 350 White-tailed jackrabbit · 246 Red-tailed hawk · 162 Lark bunting · 138 Black-tailed jackrabbit · 132 Barn swallow · 118 Great horned owl · 93 Desert cottontail · 93 Gopher snake · 86 Burrowing owl · 83 Sparrows · 83 Black-tailed prairie dog · 77 Western kingbird · 70 Killdeer · 68 Eastern cottontail · 67 Coyote · 62 Red-winged blackbird · 45 American kestrel · 41 Hawks · 40 American barn owl · 34 Swainson's hawk · 33 Perching birds (y) · 33 Little brown bat · 31 Canada goose · 30 Vesper sparrow · 27 Northern harrier · 26 Mallard · 25 Common nighthawk · 24 European starling · 23 Short-eared owl · 22 Ferruginous hawk · 22 Rough-legged hawk · 19 Microbats · 18 Big brown bat · 16 Lapland longspur · 15 Savannah sparrow · 15 Bald eagle · 15 House sparrow · 14 American robin · 13 Brazilian free-tailed bat · 13 Say's phoebe · 13 Swallows · 13 Chipping sparrow · 12 White-crowned sparrow · 12 Golden eagle · 11 Hoary bat · 10 Yellow-headed blackbird · 10 Brewer's sparrow · 10 Gadwall · 9 Striped skunk · 8 Ducks · 8 Eurasian collared dove · 8 Lark sparrow · 8 Dark-eyed junco · 8

06 / AIRCRAFT

Denver Intl Airport: aircraft types in filed reports

Denver Intl Airport has 36 published aircraft-type combinations representing 5,882 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

A-320Aircraft type677 reports · 4.9% damage B-737-800Aircraft type595 reports · 2.9% damage A-319Aircraft type577 reports · 6.8% damage B-737-700Aircraft type481 reports · 2.1% damage B-737-300Aircraft type440 reports · 5.2% damage B-737-8Aircraft type388 reports · 1.5% damage CRJ100/200Aircraft type312 reports · 2.6% damage B-757-200Aircraft type257 reports · 10.1% damage B-737-7Aircraft type250 reports · 2.8% damage A-321Aircraft type241 reports · 2.9% damage

All 36 published aircraft combinations

A-320 · 677 B-737-800 · 595 A-319 · 577 B-737-700 · 481 B-737-300 · 440 B-737-8 · 388 CRJ100/200 · 312 B-757-200 · 257 B-737-7 · 250 A-321 · 241 B-737-900 · 232 EMB-170 · 212 CRJ700 · 167 B-737-500 · 128 BE-1900 · 117 B-727-200 · 94 B-737 · 69 DHC8 DASH 8 · 66 B-777-200 · 63 EMB-145 · 60 B-767-300 · 57 MD-82 · 45 A-300 · 40 A-318 · 36 B-737-9 · 36 B-757-300 · 33 MD-80 · 30 EMB-120 · 29 B-737-200 · 22 B-727 · 21 EMB-190 · 21 A-220 · 20 MD-83 · 19 DC-10-10 · 17 MD-11 · 17 MD-90-30 · 13

07 / CO

Denver Intl Airport: other covered airports in Colorado

Denver Intl Airport has 17 other published airport profiles in Colorado; 8 appear in this state-context list.

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KCOSCity Of Colorado Springs Muni Aprt935 reports KAPACentennial Arpt671 reports KBJCRocky Mountain Metropolitan Arpt417 reports KASEAspen-Pitkin County Arpt/Sardy Field241 reports KPUBPueblo Memorial Arpt211 reports KHDNYampa Valley170 reports KGJTGrand Junction Regional Arpt133 reports KFNLFort Collins-Loveland Muni Arpt131 reports