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Denison Municipal Airport

41.98640°N
-95.38070°W
ARR / DAY
1
100.0%
DEP / DAY
1
300.0%

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

22h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
6 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KDNS 242015Z AUTO 15006G14KT 10SM FEW060 24/17 A3003 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

24
33% of ops
13 land · 4 TO
30
21% of ops
8 land · 3 TO
36
18% of ops
7 land · 2 TO
12
15% of ops
6 land · 3 TO
06
10% of ops
4 land · 2 TO
18
3% of ops
1 land · 4 TO
Runway 24 carries 33% of operations (13 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

24 13 landings
UA 0%
30 8 landings
UA 0%
36 7 landings
UA 0%
12 6 landings
UA 0%
06 4 landings
UA 0%
18 1 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
2.4
flights/day · 72 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 9pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–9pm local, averaging 2.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (2.6 vs 2.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 70 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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