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KDTL · DTL

Detroit Lakes Airport - Wething Field

46.82520°N
-95.88570°W
ARR / DAY
3
23.3%
DEP / DAY
6
17.6%

Detroit Lakes Airport - Wething Field (KDTL/DTL) is a small general aviation airport located in Detroit Lakes, MN, 43 mi east of Fargo. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,201 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KDTL 022121Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/12 A2988 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

14
72% of ops
136 land · 8 TO
35
16% of ops
31 land · 11 TO
17
7% of ops
13 land · 24 TO
32
5% of ops
10 land · 53 TO
Runway 14 carries 72% of operations (136 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 16%.

Approach quality

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

14 136 landings
UA 0%
35 31 landings
UA 0%
17 13 landings
UA 0%
32 10 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 14 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 136 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
10.7
flights/day · 320 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 10.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (10.4 vs 11.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (50% of 269 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 119.075
DETROIT 122.500
OTHER 122.500
ALEXANDR 126.100
OTHER 126.100
ALEXANDR 269.200
OTHER 269.200
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
2° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 22:38 UTC