# Danville Regional Airport (DAN / KDAN)

**Danville Regional Airport** (IATA: DAN, ICAO: KDAN) is a medium airport in Danville, Virginia, United States. It opened in Oct 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,900 ft (1,798 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdan

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DAN / KDAN
- FAA: DAN
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Danville, Virginia, United States
- Opened: Oct 1937
- Elevation: 571 ft / 174 m
- Coordinates: 36.5729, -79.3361
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,900 ft / 1,798 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.danville-va.gov/departments.asp?menuid=2820&sub1menuid=2839&sub2menuid=2960
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danville_Regional_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708644
- Weather station: KDAN
- Ident: KDAN

## Timeline

- Oct 1937: Danville Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 5,900 ft / 1,798 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 016° / 196° | yes |
| 13/31 | 3,910 ft / 1,192 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 125° / 305° | yes |

- 13/31 slopes 1.1%: threshold 31 at 528 ft / 161 m, threshold 13 at 571 ft / 174 m.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,900 ft / 1,798 m | =4,963 of 29,858 | =1,451 in North America | =1,134 in US |
| Elevation | 571 ft / 174 m | #25,918 of 43,403 | #12,449 in North America | #10,383 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 128.125 |
| CNTR | WASHINGTON CNTR | 124.050 |
| RDO | LEESBURG RDO | 122.200 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.050 |

## Nearby airports

- [W63](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kw63.md) Lake Country Regional Airport · 43 mi / 69 km
- [GSO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgso.md) Piedmont Triad International Airport · 47 mi / 75 km
- [LYH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klyh.md) Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field · 53 mi / 85 km
- [RDU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krdu.md) Raleigh-Durham International Airport · 57 mi / 92 km
- [INT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kint.md) Smith Reynolds Airport · 58 mi / 93 km
- [ROA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kroa.md) Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport · 63 mi / 101 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdan/data