FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
KRDU / RDUNORTH CAROLINA

AIRPORT REPORT LOG

Raleigh-Durham Intl

Raleigh-Durham Intl (KRDU) has 1,198 filed FAA wildlife-strike reports from 1990-06-01 through 2026-07-16; 278 were filed during 2021–2025, and damage was indicated in 4.7% of all reports.

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

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

Raleigh-Durham Intl: 278 reports in 2021–2025

Raleigh-Durham Intl filed 278 reports in 2021–2025, which was 58 more than the 220 reports filed in 2016–2020.

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

Raleigh-Durham Intl: 2016–2025 reporting record

Raleigh-Durham Intl has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 498 filed reports in the annual series.

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

Raleigh-Durham Intl: reports by month

Raleigh-Durham Intl has 278 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan12
Feb4
Mar9
Apr22
May39
Jun22
Jul25
Aug33
Sep37
Oct40
Nov23
Dec12

Month counts use 2021–2025 reports.

04 / FLIGHT PHASE

Raleigh-Durham Intl: reports by flight phase

Raleigh-Durham Intl has 242 filed reports from 2021–2025 with a supplied flight phase in the FAA record.

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.