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KDTL · DTL

Detroit Lakes Airport - Wething Field

46.82520°N
-95.88570°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
1
88.1%

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 0 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

18m ago
Temp
97°F
Wind
9 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KDTL 262115Z AUTO 19009KT 10SM CLR 36/21 A2974 RMK AO2 T03640209

Runway intelligence

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

14
68% of ops
162 land · 36 TO
35
21% of ops
51 land · 11 TO
32
10% of ops
23 land · 46 TO
17
1% of ops
3 land · 15 TO
Runway 14 carries 68% of operations (162 landings, 36 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

14 162 landings
UA 0%
35 51 landings
UA 0%
32 23 landings
UA 0%
17 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 14 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 162 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
6.8
flights/day · 204 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 1pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 6.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (9.1 vs 6.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (45% of 170 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

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 21:33 UTC