Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority

Lost & Found Property

Lost items turned in at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport are kept at the local airport police sub-station located in Terminal B or at one of the four TSA security checkpoints for less than 48 hours. The next business day (excluding weekends) items are turned over to the Airport Lost and Found Office for processing. Weekend items will be turned over to the Lost and Found Office on Monday. The Airport Lost and Found Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Any items left on the aircraft or the jetway would not be turned in to our office. These items would be held by the airlines themselves. Contact information for the airlines serving Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport may be found by following this link.

You can contact the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Lost and Found Office by telephone on 703-417-0673 or by filling out Lost and Found Inquiry. Please provide a detailed description of the item; date the item was lost; the approximate location where item was lost; your name and telephone number or e-mail address.

Once it has been confirmed that your item(s) was turned in, you can arrange with the Airport Lost and Found Office to:

1.
PICK UP YOUR ITEM(S) AT THE AIRPORT.
2.
HAVE A DESIGNATED PERSON PICK UP YOUR ITEM(S) FOR YOU.
3.
ARRANGE FOR SHIPPING OF YOUR ITEM(S) BY CONTACTING THE LOST AND FOUND OFFICE TO COORDINATE WITH FEDERAL EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE. A FEDERAL EXPRESS ACCOUNT NUMBER OR A CREDIT CARD NUMBER MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE LOST AND FOUND TECHNICIAN IN ORDER TO ARRANGE THE DELIVERY.
4.
REQUEST TO MAIL ITEM BY U.S. POSTAL SERVICE IF THE ITEM IS SMALL AND LESS THAN 5 POUNDS.
 
To have your item(s) shipped, you will need:
 
1.
A  property tag reference number ( obtained from the Airport Lost and Found Officer ).
2.
Fax or e-mail a Property Release Form which can be downloaded here.
  Get Acrobat!The Property Release Form is stored in Adobe Acrobat PDF (portable document format) format. To view and print PDF files you must first download and install the free Acrobat Reader. You can download the latest version of Acrobat Reader by clicking on the Get Acrobat Reader icon here.

Fax the completed Property Release Form to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Lost and Found Office 703-417-0635 or by filling out Lost and Found Inquiry.

The address for pickup is:

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport,
Terminal A, 1st Floor, Room M-160, Washington, DC 22202

Please note the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority does NOT pay for shipping.