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3DA ·

Dalton Airport

43.05250°N

-83.80490°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 57.1%

DEP / DAY

▼ 42.9%

Dalton Airport (3DA) is a small general aviation airport located in Flushing, MI, 44 mi north east of Lansing. It features 2 runways with the longest being 2,510 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 7% of observed flights.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KFNT, 7 mi away (3DA does not publish METAR)

41m ago

Temp

72°F

Wind

8 kts

290°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KFNT 271453Z 29008KT 10SM SCT018 22/17 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP140 T02220172 51008

Runways

2 installed

2,510 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

35% of ops

18 land · 8 TO

29% of ops

15 land · 21 TO

24% of ops

12 land · 2 TO

12% of ops

6 land · 1 TO

Runway 18 carries 35% of operations (18 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 29%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

18 18 landings

UA 6%

36 15 landings

UA 13%

09 12 landings

UA 17%

27 6 landings

UA 17%

Approaches to 18 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 18 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

2.8

flights/day · 85 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 3pm · 7pm

Day vs night

65%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 2.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (2.0 vs 3.3 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (39% of 83 flights). Top three types: , , .

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