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KDTL · DTL

Detroit Lakes Airport - Wething Field

46.82520°N
-95.88570°W
ARR / DAY
4
▲ 38.1%
DEP / DAY
8
▲ 60.0%

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 4 arrivals and 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

4m ago
Temp
46°F
Wind
10 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KDTL 132015Z AUTO 28010KT 9SM OVC010 08/07 A2996 RMK AO2 CIG 009V013 T00760072

Runway intelligence

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

14
75% of ops
81 land · 5 TO
35
13% of ops
14 land · 6 TO
17
8% of ops
9 land · 12 TO
32
4% of ops
4 land · 32 TO
Runway 14 carries 75% of operations (81 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 13%.

Approach quality

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

14 81 landings
UA 0%
35 14 landings
UA 0%
17 9 landings
UA 0%
32 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 14 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 81 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
8.2
flights/day · 247 total
Busy hour (local)
1am
also 10pm · 2am
Day vs night
41%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1am–2am local, averaging 8.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (10.4 vs 7.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (53% of 216 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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