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Denison Municipal Airport

41.98640°N
-95.38070°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 11.1%
DEP / DAY
3
▲ 23.5%

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

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
90°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
—
Ceil
—
METAR KDNS 281915Z AUTO 00000KT CLR 32/23 A2992 RMK AO2

Runways

3 installed

5,000 FT MAX
06/24
1,780 ft × 175
GRS○ unlitCLOSED
12/30
5,000 ft × 75
CON● LITMED
18/36
3,200 ft × 60
GRS○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

06
24% of ops
14 land · 5 TO
36
21% of ops
12 land · 1 TO
30
21% of ops
12 land · 1 TO
12
12% of ops
7 land · 7 TO
24
12% of ops
7 land · 3 TO
18
10% of ops
6 land · 4 TO
Runway 06 carries 24% of operations (14 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

06 14 landings
UA 0%
36 12 landings
UA 0%
30 12 landings
UA 0%
12 7 landings
UA 14%
24 7 landings
UA 0%
18 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 06 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 14 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
3.2
flights/day · 95 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 1pm · 6pm
Day vs night
84%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–6pm local, averaging 3.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.5× weekday (5.8 vs 2.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

19 · 22%
16 · 19%
9 · 11%
6 · 7%
5 · 6%
4 · 5%
Activity is led by (22% of 85 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

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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