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KDKX ·

Knoxville Downtown Island Airport

35.96390°N
-83.87390°W
ARR / DAY
17
32.4%
DEP / DAY
22
30.5%

Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (KDKX) is a small general aviation airport located in Knoxville, TN. It features 1 runway measuring 3,499 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 17 arrivals and 22 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KDKX 290230Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW055 FEW065 26/26 A2977 RMK A01

Runways

1 installed

3,499 FT MAX
08/26
3,499 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

08
53% of ops
541 land · 436 TO
26
47% of ops
482 land · 307 TO
Runway 08 carries 53% of operations (541 landings, 436 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 47%.

Approach quality

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

08 541 landings
UA 8%
26 482 landings
UA 1%
Approaches to 08 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (42 UA events from 541 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
41.6
flights/day · 1,248 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–5pm local, averaging 41.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (24.0 vs 50.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 1,119 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.075
APCH 123.900
APCH 353.600
UNICOM 123.075
AWOS 125.375
CD/P 121.700
OTHER 121.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
5° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

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

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

2
WarriorN21481
08/26/2017
Great destination, unusual setting
Located on an island just east of downtown Knoxville (as the name implies), DKX is always a pleasure to visit. It is an active field - there is almost always some air traffic in the pattern. Self service fuel is quite inexpensive. Overnight fee for one night waived with fuel purchase. It is always a treat to visit this airport. We've been there several times since 2008.
JeffSumeracki
07/01/2012
Fun!
A fun place to fly, GREAT FBO! Had a starting problem and the local mechanic dropped everything he was doing to help, got plane started so I could go home...
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