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Denison Municipal Airport

41.98640°N
-95.38070°W
ARR / DAY
2
57.1%
DEP / DAY
1
40.0%

Denison Municipal Airport (KDNS/DNS) is a small general aviation airport located in Denison, IA, 58 mi north east of Omaha. It features 3 runways with the longest being 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

22m ago
Temp
86°F
Wind
4 kts
Visib
Ceil
METAR KDNS 151735Z AUTO VRB04KT CLR 30/20 A3018 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

30
30% of ops
32 land · 0 TO
36
24% of ops
25 land · 0 TO
24
21% of ops
22 land · 4 TO
06
12% of ops
13 land · 4 TO
18
10% of ops
11 land · 11 TO
12
2% of ops
2 land · 11 TO
Runway 30 carries 30% of operations (32 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

30 32 landings
UA 0%
36 25 landings
UA 0%
24 22 landings
UA 0%
06 13 landings
UA 0%
18 11 landings
UA 0%
12 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 30 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 32 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
1.8
flights/day · 55 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 12pm · 1pm
Day vs night
80%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–6pm local, averaging 1.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (1.1 vs 2.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (33% of 54 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 119.950
OMAHA RC 119.600
OTHER 119.600
DENISON 122.400
OTHER 122.400
OMAHA RC 290.400
OTHER 290.400
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
4° E
Fuel:
100LL
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