KRDU / RDUNORTH CAROLINA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Raleigh-Durham Intl

FAA wildlife-strike reports associated with KRDU, from 1990-06-01 through 2026-07-16. Reporting is voluntary; counts measure the record, not every event.

All reports1,1981990–export

2021–2025 reports278five complete years

Reported damage4.7%conditional on reports

Covered traffic rate145.7reports / 100k covered departures

01 / READ THE RECORD

278 reports in 2021–2025.

That is 58 more reports than 2016–2020 (220). Changes can reflect wildlife activity, flight volume, reporting practice, or all three.

Damage-indicated reports564.7% of reports

Engine-ingestion reports544.5% of reports

Serious / destroyed10FAA S or D level

Reported inflation-adjusted cost$99Konly when cost was supplied

02 / YEAR LOG

Ten complete reporting years

201641 reports · 0.0% damage

201750 reports · 6.0% damage

201854 reports · 5.6% damage

201941 reports · 2.4% damage

202034 reports · 0.0% damage

202142 reports · 0.0% damage

202259 reports · 1.7% damage

202360 reports · 5.0% damage

202443 reports · 4.7% damage

202574 reports · 1.4% damage

03 / SEASON

When reports arrive

Jan12

Feb4

Mar9

Apr22

May39

Jun22

Jul25

Aug33

Sep37

Oct40

Nov23

Dec12

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Where in the operation

Approach143 · 2.1% damage

Climb33 · 3.0% damage

Take-off Run32 · 3.1% damage

Landing Roll26 · 7.7% damage

Local3 · 0.0% damage

Descent2 · 0.0% damage

Taxi2 · 0.0% damage

Arrival1 · 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.

06 / AIRCRAFT

Aircraft types in filed reports

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

A-319Aircraft type67 reports · 3.0% damage B-737-800Aircraft type65 reports · 3.1% damage CRJ100/200Aircraft type60 reports · 5.0% damage EMB-170Aircraft type59 reports · 3.4% damage B-737-700Aircraft type52 reports · 7.7% damage MD-82Aircraft type48 reports · 6.2% damage B-737-300Aircraft type47 reports · 6.4% damage A-320Aircraft type44 reports · 0.0% damage MD-11Aircraft type42 reports · 0.0% damage A-321Aircraft type37 reports · 2.7% damage

07 / NC

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