KIAD / IADDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Washington Dulles Intl Arpt

Washington Dulles Intl Arpt (KIAD) has 2,746 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-02-22 through 2026-07-22; 484 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 7.2% of all reports.

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

All reports2,7461990–export

2021–2025 reports484five complete years

Reported damage7.2%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate177.5reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

Washington Dulles Intl Arpt: 484 reports in 2021–2025

Washington Dulles Intl Arpt filed 484 reports in 2021–2025, which was 103 more than the 381 reports filed in 2016–2020.

Damage-indicated reports1987.2% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports1063.9% of reports

Serious / destroyed40FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$10.7Monly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Washington Dulles Intl Arpt: 2016–2025 reporting record

Washington Dulles Intl Arpt has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 865 filed reports in the annual series.

201676 reports · 3.9% damage

201783 reports · 3.6% damage

201880 reports · 3.8% damage

201986 reports · 2.3% damage

202056 reports · 7.1% damage

202184 reports · 6.0% damage

202283 reports · 2.4% damage

202398 reports · 4.1% damage

202499 reports · 5.1% damage

2025120 reports · 8.3% damage

03 / SEASON

Washington Dulles Intl Arpt: reports by month

Washington Dulles Intl Arpt has 484 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan16

Feb21

Mar30

Apr46

May61

Jun36

Jul55

Aug69

Sep51

Oct52

Nov31

Dec16

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Washington Dulles Intl Arpt: reports by flight phase

Washington Dulles Intl Arpt has 330 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

Approach131 · 12.2% damage

Take-off Run65 · 4.6% damage

Climb59 · 8.5% damage

Landing Roll46 · 2.2% damage

Departure21 · 0.0% damage

Local4 · 25.0% damage

Descent3 · 0.0% damage

Arrival1 · 0.0% damage

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

05 / IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE

Washington Dulles Intl Arpt: named wildlife

Washington Dulles Intl Arpt has 31 published named-wildlife combinations representing 971 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

European starlingFAA species ID YL001100 reports · 8.0% damage Eastern meadowlarkFAA species ID ZT00188 reports · 1.1% damage American kestrelFAA species ID K511486 reports · 0.0% damage Barn swallowFAA species ID YI00571 reports · 0.0% damage Mourning doveFAA species ID O220571 reports · 2.8% damage Ring-billed gullFAA species ID NE10461 reports · 14.8% damage Red-tailed hawkFAA species ID K330251 reports · 7.8% damage Canada gooseFAA species ID J220441 reports · 39.0% damage Short-eared owlFAA species ID R200440 reports · 0.0% damage KilldeerFAA species ID N511132 reports · 0.0% damage Horned larkFAA species ID YH00429 reports · 0.0% damage SparrowsFAA species ID ZX329 reports · 3.4% damage

All 31 published wildlife combinations

European starling · 100 Eastern meadowlark · 88 American kestrel · 86 Barn swallow · 71 Mourning dove · 71 Ring-billed gull · 61 Red-tailed hawk · 51 Canada goose · 41 Short-eared owl · 40 Killdeer · 32 Horned lark · 29 Sparrows · 29 Red fox · 28 Blackbirds · 28 American robin · 26 Gulls · 23 Bald eagle · 20 Turkey vulture · 15 Northern harrier · 13 Mallard · 12 American barn owl · 12 Peregrine falcon · 11 Coyote · 11 Great horned owl · 10 Hawks · 10 White-tailed deer · 10 Great blue heron · 10 Red-shouldered hawk · 9 Rock pigeon · 8 Chimney swift · 8 Red-winged blackbird · 8

06 / AIRCRAFT

Washington Dulles Intl Arpt: aircraft types in filed reports

Washington Dulles Intl Arpt has 35 published aircraft-type combinations representing 1,870 filed reports that met the combination-page threshold.

A-320Aircraft type242 reports · 6.2% damage CRJ100/200Aircraft type201 reports · 8.5% damage EMB-145Aircraft type115 reports · 9.6% damage B-757-200Aircraft type106 reports · 6.6% damage B-777-200Aircraft type105 reports · 5.7% damage A-319Aircraft type100 reports · 3.0% damage CRJ700Aircraft type96 reports · 7.3% damage EMB-170Aircraft type86 reports · 9.3% damage B-737-800Aircraft type74 reports · 2.7% damage B-737-300Aircraft type63 reports · 6.3% damage

All 35 published aircraft combinations

A-320 · 242 CRJ100/200 · 201 EMB-145 · 115 B-757-200 · 106 B-777-200 · 105 A-319 · 100 CRJ700 · 96 EMB-170 · 86 B-737-800 · 74 B-737-300 · 63 B-767-300 · 61 BA-41 JETSTR · 58 DHC8 DASH 8 · 56 BA-31 JETSTR · 56 B-737-900 · 55 B-727-200 · 44 B-737-700 · 38 CRJ900 · 31 DC-10-10 · 22 B-737-9 · 21 B-737-500 · 19 B-777-300 · 19 A-321 · 19 B-767-200 · 18 B-737 · 18 MD-82 · 18 SAAB-340 · 17 A-300 · 16 EMB-190 · 15 B-737-200 · 15 B-737-7 · 15 B-747-400 · 14 B-737-8 · 13 DC-9-30 · 12 GULFSTREAM IV · 12

07 / DC

Washington Dulles Intl Arpt: other covered airports in District of Columbia

Washington Dulles Intl Arpt has 1 other published airport profiles in District of Columbia; 1 appear in this state-context list.

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