Dalton Municipal Airport

Dalton Municipal Airport
Dalton Municipal Airport
	IATA: DNN; ICAO: KDNN; FAA LID: DNN;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Dalton
Serves	Dalton, Georgia
Elevation AMSL	709 ft / 216 m
Website	https://www.daltonga.gov/airport
Runways
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	23,100
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

34°43′23″N 084°52′13″W / 34.72306°N 84.87028°W / 34.72306; -84.87028

Dalton Municipal Airport (IATA: DNN, ICAO: KDNN, FAA LID: DNN) is a city-owned public-use airport located six miles (10 km) southeast of the central business district of Dalton, a city in Whitfield County, Georgia, United States.^[1]

Facilities and aircraft edit

Dalton Municipal Airport Hangar building

Dalton Municipal Airport lobby entrance

Dalton Municipal Airport covers an area of 554 acres (224 ha) and contains one asphalt paved runway designated 14/32 which measures 5,496 by 100 ft (1,675 by 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022,, the airport had 23,100 aircraft operations, an average of 63 per day: 100% general aviation and <1% military.^[1]

Accidents near DNN edit

On August 14, 1997, a Colvin Aviation Beechcraft Super King Air impacted terrain 0.2 miles NW of DNN while making a localizer approach to Runway 14. The sole occupant, the pilot, was killed. Factors in the crash were improper IFR procedure, darkness, low ceiling, fog, and pilot fatigue.^[2]