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Denison Municipal Airport

41.98640°N
-95.38070°W
ARR / DAY
1
50.0%
DEP / DAY
1
50.0%

Denison Municipal Airport (KDNS/DNS) is a small general aviation airport located in Denison, IA, 58 mi north east of Omaha. It features 3 runways with the longest being 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

8m ago
Temp
34°F
Wind
5 kts
20°
Visib
Ceil
METAR KDNS 190815Z AUTO 02005KT 2 1/2SM BR CLR 19/19 A2996 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

24
28% of ops
13 land · 4 TO
12
23% of ops
11 land · 3 TO
30
19% of ops
9 land · 2 TO
36
13% of ops
6 land · 4 TO
06
13% of ops
6 land · 3 TO
18
4% of ops
2 land · 3 TO
Runway 24 carries 28% of operations (13 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

24 13 landings
UA 0%
12 11 landings
UA 0%
30 9 landings
UA 0%
36 6 landings
UA 0%
06 6 landings
UA 0%
18 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 13 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 · 93 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 7pm · 3pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 3.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.7× weekday (4.6 vs 2.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 89 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 119.950
OMAHA RC 119.600
OTHER 119.600
DENISON 122.400
OTHER 122.400
OMAHA RC 290.400
OTHER 290.400
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
4° E
Fuel:
100LL
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