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KDTL · DTL

Detroit Lakes Airport - Wething Field

46.82520°N
-95.88570°W
ARR / DAY
4
6.3%
DEP / DAY
5
31.3%

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 4 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

7h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
12 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KDTL 031901Z AUTO 12012KT 10SM FEW150 SCT170 28/22 A2974 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

14
73% of ops
171 land · 10 TO
35
16% of ops
38 land · 12 TO
17
6% of ops
15 land · 29 TO
32
4% of ops
9 land · 56 TO
Runway 14 carries 73% of operations (171 landings, 10 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

14 171 landings
UA 0%
35 38 landings
UA 0%
17 15 landings
UA 0%
32 9 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 14 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 171 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
11.0
flights/day · 330 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 11.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (9.8 vs 12.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (52% of 273 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 02:47 UTC