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3DA ·

Dalton Airport

43.05250°N

-83.80490°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 27.3%

DEP / DAY

▲ 55.6%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

28m ago

Temp

79°F

Wind

5 kts

70°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KFNT 201753Z 07005KT 10SM FEW070 26/10 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02610100 10261 20161 50004

Runways

2 installed

2,510 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

33% of ops

21 land · 27 TO

31% of ops

20 land · 5 TO

28% of ops

18 land · 1 TO

8% of ops

5 land · 2 TO

Runway 36 carries 33% of operations (21 landings, 27 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

36 21 landings

UA 14%

18 20 landings

UA 5%

09 18 landings

UA 17%

27 5 landings

UA 40%

Approaches to 36 show a 14% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 21 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

3.4

flights/day · 102 total

Busy hour (local)

7pm

also 3pm · 5pm

Day vs night

71%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 3.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (3.1 vs 3.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

36 · 38%

21 · 22%

4 · 4%

Activity is led by (38% of 96 flights). Top three types: , , .

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