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3DA ·

Dalton Airport

43.05250°N

-83.80490°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 66.7%

DEP / DAY

▲ 66.7%

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 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 3% of observed flights.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

40m ago

Temp

54°F

Wind

6 kts

280°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KFNT 240453Z AUTO 28006KT 10SM CLR 12/09 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP143 T01220089 402390122 $

Runways

2 installed

2,510 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

33% of ops

19 land · 8 TO

32% of ops

18 land · 24 TO

25% of ops

14 land · 2 TO

11% of ops

6 land · 1 TO

Runway 18 carries 33% of operations (19 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

18 19 landings

UA 5%

36 18 landings

UA 11%

09 14 landings

UA 14%

27 6 landings

UA 17%

Approaches to 18 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 19 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

3.1

flights/day · 94 total

Busy hour (local)

7pm

also 3pm · 5pm

Day vs night

69%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 3.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (3.2 vs 3.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 90 flights). Top three types: , , .

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