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Detroit Lakes Airport - Wething Field

46.82520°N
-95.88570°W
ARR / DAY
3
27.8%
DEP / DAY
4
3.8%

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
6 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KDTL 160115Z AUTO 12006KT 10SM CLR 27/17 A3007 RMK AO2 T02720172

Runway intelligence

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

14
71% of ops
171 land · 24 TO
35
15% of ops
36 land · 12 TO
32
7% of ops
18 land · 66 TO
17
7% of ops
17 land · 19 TO
Runway 14 carries 71% of operations (171 landings, 24 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 15%.

Approach quality

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

14 171 landings
UA 0%
35 36 landings
UA 0%
32 18 landings
UA 0%
17 17 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 14 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 171 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
7.9
flights/day · 237 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 7.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (8.0 vs 8.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (50% of 201 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 01:24 UTC