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AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt

Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt (KDFW) has 9,167 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-05-02 through 2026-08-22; 2,163 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 reports9,1671990–export

2021–2025 reports2,163five complete years

Reported damage3.1%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate142.2reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt: 2,163 reports in 2021–2025

Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt filed 2,163 reports in 2021–2025, which was 360 more than the 1,803 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports2833.1% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports2312.5% of reports

Serious / destroyed61FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$5.5Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt: 2016–2025 reporting record

Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 3,966 filed reports in the annual series.

2016399 reports · 1.5% damage

2017305 reports · 2.6% damage

2018317 reports · 3.2% damage

2019463 reports · 1.3% damage

2020319 reports · 0.9% damage

2021415 reports · 1.4% damage

2022304 reports · 2.3% damage

2023441 reports · 2.0% damage

2024515 reports · 1.6% damage

2025488 reports · 2.5% damage

03 / SEASON

Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt: reports by month

Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt has 2,163 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan66

Feb47

Mar95

Apr224

May294

Jun214

Jul291

Aug338

Sep196

Oct209

Nov130

Dec59

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt: reports by flight phase

Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt has 1,077 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Approach458 · 3.5% damage

Landing Roll232 · 1.3% damage

Climb150 · 8.7% damage

Take-off Run118 · 4.2% damage

Departure51 · 3.9% damage

Descent29 · 6.9% damage

Arrival28 · 3.6% damage

Local7 · 0.0% damage

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

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt: named wildlife

Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt has 66 published named-wildlife combinations representing 5,717 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

Mourning doveFAA species ID O22051,746 reports · 0.9% damage MeadowlarksFAA species ID ZT000432 reports · 0.2% damage Rock pigeonFAA species ID O2111416 reports · 8.9% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K5114273 reports · 0.0% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N5111272 reports · 0.4% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI005234 reports · 0.0% damage Scissor-tailed flycatcherFAA species ID Y9005210 reports · 0.5% damage Cliff swallowFAA species ID YI009196 reports · 0.0% damage Upland sandpiperFAA species ID N6001190 reports · 0.0% damage Western kingbirdFAA species ID Y9008128 reports · 0.8% damage Western meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT00295 reports · 2.1% damage Eastern meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT00180 reports · 1.2% damage

All 66 published wildlife combinations

Mourning dove · 1,746 Meadowlarks · 432 Rock pigeon · 416 American kestrel · 273 Killdeer · 272 Barn swallow · 234 Scissor-tailed flycatcher · 210 Cliff swallow · 196 Upland sandpiper · 190 Western kingbird · 128 Western meadowlark · 95 Eastern meadowlark · 80 Red-tailed hawk · 79 Savannah sparrow · 73 Franklin's gull · 68 American barn owl · 67 European starling · 63 Sparrows · 62 Grackles · 55 Blackbirds · 55 Common nighthawk · 49 Cedar waxwing · 42 Coyote · 41 Gulls · 38 Hawks · 37 Swallows · 35 Baird's sandpiper · 33 Microbats · 30 American golden-plover · 30 Doves · 29 Eastern red bat · 27 American robin · 27 Common grackle · 27 American crow · 26 Short-eared owl · 25 Great-tailed grackle · 24 Buff-breasted sandpiper · 22 Grasshopper sparrow · 20 Chimney swift · 20 Striped skunk · 19 Turkey vulture · 19 Song sparrow · 18 Lincoln's sparrow · 17 Least sandpiper · 16 Sora · 16 Perching birds (y) · 15 Vesper sparrow · 14 Purple martin · 14 Ring-billed gull · 14 White-winged dove · 13 Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies · 13 American coot · 13 Brown-headed cowbird · 13 Swainson's hawk · 12 Western cattle egret · 11 Cooper's hawk · 11 Dickcissel · 11 Yellow-crowned night heron · 10 Tyrant (New World) flycatchers · 10 Red-winged blackbird · 10 Great horned owl · 10 Yellow-rumped warbler · 9 American pipit · 9 Wilson's snipe · 8 Black vulture · 8 Great blue heron · 8

06 / AIRCRAFT

Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt: aircraft types in filed reports

Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt has 36 published aircraft-type combinations representing 4,767 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

MD-82Aircraft type710 reports · 5.1% damage B-737-800Aircraft type710 reports · 4.5% damage A-321Aircraft type424 reports · 5.0% damage EMB-170Aircraft type392 reports · 4.3% damage MD-80Aircraft type294 reports · 3.7% damage MD-83Aircraft type262 reports · 4.6% damage EMB-145Aircraft type231 reports · 4.3% damage B-757-200Aircraft type223 reports · 9.4% damage A-319Aircraft type220 reports · 5.9% damage SAAB-340Aircraft type139 reports · 12.2% damage

All 36 published aircraft combinations

MD-82 · 710 B-737-800 · 710 A-321 · 424 EMB-170 · 392 MD-80 · 294 MD-83 · 262 EMB-145 · 231 B-757-200 · 223 A-319 · 220 SAAB-340 · 139 A-320 · 128 CRJ900 · 106 B-727-200 · 100 FOKKER F100 · 94 CRJ700 · 86 EMB-135 · 74 B-767-300 · 69 B-727 · 49 B-777-200 · 47 ATR-72 · 41 DC-10-10 · 41 A-300 · 40 B-737-300 · 38 MD-11 · 32 CRJ100/200 · 30 MD-88 · 29 B-737 · 22 B-737-700 · 21 B-767-200 · 21 B-737-200 · 18 EMB-120 · 14 DC-10 · 13 B-737-8 · 13 A-220 · 12 B-737-500 · 12 DC-9 · 12

07 / TX

Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt: other covered airports in Texas

Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt has 44 other published airport profiles in Texas; 8 appear in this state-context list.

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