Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said kite-flying is not allowed at Gravelly Point in Arlington, Virginia, as it poses a risk to planes landing at DCA.

Police at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC confiscated a kite ... Video footage of kites flying at Gravelly Point showed how close to the ground it took place. While the incident may ...

The kite was later confiscated from a family in Gravelly Point park. Reporter A warm spring weekend in Washington, D.C. led to a close call after a kite hit a United Airlines plane making a ...

A United flight from Houston appeared to have struck a kite while landing at Washington Reagan National Airport on Saturday.

Gravelly Point, part of George Washington Memorial Parkway, is under the purview of the National Park Service. It's across the Potomac River from the National Mall, where the Blossom Kite Festival ...

over Gravelly Point, you're only 100 to 200 feet above the ground, so that's a really critical phase of flight for the pilots." Oakes said he also watched as Washington Metropolitan Airports ...

Gravelly Point, a park across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., is just a few hundred feet away from the north end of DCA’s runway. People are not allowed to fly kites there because of ...

Police at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC confiscated a kite ... The park in question is Gravelly Point, roughly 815 feet from the end of the runway. With the park directly underneath ...