# Detroit Lakes Airport (DTL / KDTL)

**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).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DTL / KDTL
- FAA: DTL
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, United States
- Opened: Dec 1944
- Elevation: 1,396 ft / 426 m
- Coordinates: 46.8243, -95.8833
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,201 ft / 1,585 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.detroitlakesaviation.com/index.php?mod=homepage&Page=1
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Lakes_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1655921
- Weather station: KDTL
- Ident: KDTL

## Timeline

- Dec 1944: Detroit Lakes Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 5,201 ft / 1,585 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 140° / 320° | yes |
| 18/36 | 1,890 ft / 576 m | 250 ft / 76 m | Grass | 180° / 360° |  |

- 18/36 slopes 1.2%: threshold 36 at 1,373 ft / 419 m, threshold 18 at 1,396 ft / 426 m.

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [MSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsp.md) Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · United States · 186 mi / 299 km · UPS Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from DTL, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- 5X [UPS Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ups-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,201 ft / 1,585 m | =5,970 of 29,858 | =1,944 in North America | =1,565 in US |
| Elevation | 1,396 ft / 426 m | =12,912 of 43,403 | =5,571 in North America | =4,268 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 111.200 |
| RDO | PRINCETON RDO | 122.500 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [MY29](https://dromopedia.com/airports/my29.md) Kaiser's Airstrip · 10 mi / 17 km
- [47Y](https://dromopedia.com/airports/47y.md) Pelican Rapids Muni-Lyon's Field · 16 mi / 26 km
- [MY99](https://dromopedia.com/airports/my99.md) Johnston Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [MN89](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mn89.md) Aerovilla Airport · 18 mi / 29 km
- [16D](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k16d.md) Perham Municipal Airport · 20 mi / 32 km
- [04Y](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k04y.md) Hawley Municipal Airport · 22 mi / 36 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Detroit Lakes Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Detroit_Lakes_Airport&oldid=1368477019), revision of 9 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/kdtl/data