KDTW / DTWMICHIGAN

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt

Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt (KDTW) has 4,447 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-03-03 through 2026-07-27; 1,298 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 2.6% of all reports.

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

All reports4,4471990–export

2021–2025 reports1,298five complete years

Reported damage2.6%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate263.3reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt: 1,298 reports in 2021–2025

Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt filed 1,298 reports in 2021–2025, which was 83 fewer than the 1,381 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports1172.6% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports1383.1% of reports

Serious / destroyed32FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$7.8Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt: 2016–2025 reporting record

Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 2,679 filed reports in the annual series.

2016200 reports · 0.5% damage

2017403 reports · 1.0% damage

2018378 reports · 1.3% damage

2019254 reports · 1.2% damage

2020146 reports · 0.7% damage

2021248 reports · 0.8% damage

2022261 reports · 1.5% damage

2023193 reports · 2.6% damage

2024274 reports · 2.6% damage

2025322 reports · 0.9% damage

03 / SEASON

Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt: reports by month

Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt has 1,298 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan16

Feb25

Mar55

Apr54

May81

Jun125

Jul289

Aug292

Sep173

Oct114

Nov41

Dec33

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt: reports by flight phase

Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt has 683 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Landing Roll273 · 1.5% damage

Approach237 · 4.2% damage

Take-off Run72 · 4.2% damage

Climb48 · 8.3% damage

Departure27 · 0.0% damage

Arrival15 · 0.0% damage

Descent8 · 0.0% damage

Local3 · 0.0% damage

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

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt: named wildlife

Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt has 45 published named-wildlife combinations representing 3,328 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

KilldeerFAA species ID N5111475 reports · 0.2% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI005412 reports · 0.2% damage Horned larkFAA species ID YH004359 reports · 0.0% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O2205277 reports · 0.7% damage European starlingFAA species ID YL001242 reports · 1.2% damage Savannah sparrowFAA species ID ZX303212 reports · 0.0% damage Cliff swallowFAA species ID YI009207 reports · 0.0% damage Big brown batFAA species ID 1C2105107 reports · 0.0% damage Eastern meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT00197 reports · 1.0% damage Red-tailed hawkFAA species ID K330295 reports · 6.3% damage Ring-billed gullFAA species ID NE10494 reports · 2.1% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K511477 reports · 0.0% damage

All 45 published wildlife combinations

Killdeer · 475 Barn swallow · 412 Horned lark · 359 Mourning dove · 277 European starling · 242 Savannah sparrow · 212 Cliff swallow · 207 Big brown bat · 107 Eastern meadowlark · 97 Red-tailed hawk · 95 Ring-billed gull · 94 American kestrel · 77 Gulls · 67 Little brown bat · 52 Short-eared owl · 50 Snowy owl · 32 Microbats · 31 Striped skunk · 25 Herring gull · 25 Chimney swift · 24 Rock pigeon · 24 Bank swallow · 23 Vesper bats · 22 Field sparrow · 21 Rough-legged hawk · 21 Mallard · 21 Tree swallow · 21 American robin · 18 Sparrows · 16 Red-winged blackbird · 16 Virginia opossum · 15 Perching birds (y) · 15 Canada goose · 14 Lapland longspur · 12 Song sparrow · 12 Coyote · 12 Hawks · 12 White-headed gull complex · 12 Great blue heron · 11 Eastern red bat · 9 Peregrine falcon · 9 Common nighthawk · 8 Sandpipers, curlews, phalaropes, allies · 8 White-throated sparrow · 8 Snow bunting · 8

06 / AIRCRAFT

Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt: aircraft types in filed reports

Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt has 32 published aircraft-type combinations representing 2,012 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

A-320Aircraft type243 reports · 4.5% damage CRJ100/200Aircraft type221 reports · 4.1% damage A-321Aircraft type175 reports · 4.6% damage A-319Aircraft type169 reports · 4.7% damage CRJ900Aircraft type158 reports · 3.2% damage B-757-200Aircraft type113 reports · 8.8% damage B-737-900Aircraft type100 reports · 3.0% damage EMB-170Aircraft type97 reports · 3.1% damage B-737-800Aircraft type86 reports · 0.0% damage B-717-200Aircraft type72 reports · 5.6% damage

All 32 published aircraft combinations

A-320 · 243 CRJ100/200 · 221 A-321 · 175 A-319 · 169 CRJ900 · 158 B-757-200 · 113 B-737-900 · 100 EMB-170 · 97 B-737-800 · 86 B-717-200 · 72 DC-9-50 · 69 CRJ700 · 64 DC-9-30 · 62 B-737-700 · 39 SAAB-340 · 36 B-737-300 · 33 B-727-200 · 30 DC-9-40 · 21 MD-88 · 20 EMB-145 · 18 A-350 · 18 B-757-300 · 18 B-767-300 · 17 A-330 · 17 B-737-7 · 16 MD-90-30 · 16 MD-11 · 15 DC-10-10 · 15 DC-9 · 14 B-737-8 · 14 B-747-400 · 13 MD-83 · 13

07 / MI

Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt: other covered airports in Michigan

Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt has 17 other published airport profiles in Michigan; 8 appear in this state-context list.

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