KDTW / DTWMICHIGAN

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Detroit Metro Wayne County Arpt

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KDTW, from 1990-03-03 through 2026-07-27. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

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

1,298 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 83 fewer reports than 2016–2020 (1,381). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

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

Ten complete reporting years

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

When reports arrive

Jan16

Feb25

Mar55

Apr54

May81

Jun125

Jul289

Aug292

Sep173

Oct114

Nov41

Dec33

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

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

Named species in this airport record

Unknown-bird categories remain in airport totals but do not get thin species-combination pages.

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

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

A report count does not supply an exposure denominator by aircraft type.

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

07 / MI

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