# Danbury Municipal Airport (DXR / KDXR)

**Danbury Municipal Airport** (IATA: DXR, ICAO: KDXR) is a medium airport in Danbury, Connecticut, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,421 ft (1,348 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DXR / KDXR
- FAA: DXR
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Danbury, Connecticut, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 457 ft / 139 m
- Coordinates: 41.3717, -73.4822
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,421 ft / 1,348 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches, 3 arrivals
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: https://www.danbury-ct.gov/169/Airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danbury_Municipal_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708023
- Weather station: KDXR
- Ident: KDXR

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Danbury Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 4,421 ft / 1,348 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 070° / 250° | yes |
| 17/35 | 3,135 ft / 956 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 153° / 333° |  |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05272AD.PDF

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Seasonal charter (2)

- [MVY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmvy.md) Martha's Vineyard Airport · United States · 149 mi / 239 km · Reliant Air
- [ACK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kack.md) Nantucket Memorial Airport · United States · 178 mi / 286 km · Reliant Air

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- RLI [Reliant Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/reliant-air) · 2 · seasonal charter

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,421 ft / 1,348 m | #8,363 of 29,858 | #3,177 in North America | #2,616 in US |
| Elevation | 457 ft / 139 m | #27,933 of 43,403 | #13,264 in North America | #11,110 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | NEW YORK APP/DEP | 126.400 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 127.750 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.750 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 128.600 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.400 |
| GND | GND | 121.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.400 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [BDR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbdr.md) Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport · 23 mi / 38 km
- [HPN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khpn.md) Westchester County Airport · 24 mi / 39 km
- [POU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpou.md) Dutchess County Airport · 27 mi / 44 km
- [HVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khvn.md) Tweed New Haven Airport · 32 mi / 51 km
- [SWF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kswf.md) New York Stewart International Airport · 34 mi / 54 km
- [ISP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kisp.md) Long Island MacArthur Airport · 44 mi / 71 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: “Danbury Municipal Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danbury_Municipal_Airport&oldid=1373574753), revision of 6 Sep 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/kdxr/data