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KDTL · DTL

Detroit Lakes Airport - Wething Field

46.82520°N
-95.88570°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 48.3%
DEP / DAY
3
▼ 64.3%

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

7h ago
Temp
50°F
Wind
7 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KDTL 200335Z AUTO 12007KT 10SM CLR 10/M00 A3026 RMK AO2 T00951003

Runway intelligence

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

14
72% of ops
77 land · 5 TO
35
16% of ops
17 land · 6 TO
17
9% of ops
10 land · 11 TO
32
3% of ops
3 land · 30 TO
Runway 14 carries 72% of operations (77 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 16%.

Approach quality

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

14 77 landings
UA 0%
35 17 landings
UA 0%
17 10 landings
UA 0%
32 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 14 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 77 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
8.1
flights/day · 242 total
Busy hour (local)
1am
also 2am · 6pm
Day vs night
44%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1am–6pm local, averaging 8.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (9.9 vs 7.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (52% of 211 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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