DTL

Detroit Lakes Airport

ICAO KDTL46.8243°N 95.8833°W1,396 ft / 426 mSmall airport
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Detroit Lakes Airport (IATA: DTL, ICAO: KDTL) is a small airport in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, United States. It opened in Dec 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,201 ft (1,585 m).

Timeline

1 event · 1944–1944
DEC 1944
OpenedDetroit Lakes Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
14/32140° / 320° · LIT
LENGTH5,201 ft1,585 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt
18/36180° / 360° · SLOPE 1.2%
LENGTH1,890 ft576 mWIDTH250 ft76 mSURFACEGrass

Routes

1 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from DTL. From the Wikipedia article “Detroit Lakes Airport” (revision of 9 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway5,201 ft1,585 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=5,967of 29,823 · =1,943 North America · =1,564 USElevation1,396 ft426 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=12,899of 43,341 · =5,566 North America · =4,263 USAgeOpened 19442026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,300of 15,079 · =1,299 North America · =1,249 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
AWOSAWOS 3111.200
RDOPRINCETON RDO122.500
UNICCTAF/UNICOM122.800