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KDTL · DTL

Detroit Lakes Airport - Wething Field

46.82520°N
-95.88570°W
ARR / DAY
3
43.2%
DEP / DAY
5
32.0%

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 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

8m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
8 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KDTL 011701Z AUTO 30008KT 10SM CLR 24/13 A2996 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

14
72% of ops
93 land · 5 TO
35
16% of ops
20 land · 7 TO
17
6% of ops
8 land · 19 TO
32
6% of ops
8 land · 31 TO
Runway 14 carries 72% of operations (93 landings, 5 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 93 landings
UA 0%
35 20 landings
UA 0%
17 8 landings
UA 0%
32 8 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 14 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 93 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
9.9
flights/day · 297 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 9.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (10.1 vs 10.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (47% of 248 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 17:09 UTC