BALTIMORE, MD—A new study from a Utah-based personal injury law firm, Good Guys Injury Law, ranks Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) as the ninth most “incident-prone” airport in the nation.
The study, which analyzed flight safety data from major U.S. airports, gave BWI a “Flight Safety Risk Rating” of 62 out of 100, which is below the average risk rating. The ranking was based on several factors, including accidents per million passengers, fatal crashes, wildlife strikes, weather risk, and elevation.
According to the report, BWI recorded 1.9 accidents per million passengers and two fatal crashes. A significant contributor to the airport’s ranking was a high number of reported wildlife strikes, logging 2,171 incidents.
The study also noted that BWI has a “moderate” weather risk score of two out of three, while its low elevation of 146 feet poses minimal risk.
A spokesperson for Good Guys Injury Law acknowledged the airport’s proactive approach to safety, pointing to recent infrastructure improvements like a $55 million runway reconstruction project completed in December 2024.
The top 10 most incident-prone airports according to Good Guys Injury Law are:
- Salt Lake City International Airport
- Nashville Metropolitan Airport
- Philadelphia International Airport
- LaGuardia Airport
- Tampa International Airport
- Washington Dulles International Airport
- Newark Liberty International Airport
- Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
- Baltimore Washington International Airport
- Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
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