Danville Regional
DAN · KDAN · Danville, Virginia · Pittsylvania County · map
Danville Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Danville, 3 miles east of Danville, Virginia, 571 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 5,900 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 45 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 23,520 takeoffs and landings a year. About 24 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Danville Regional?
Its FAA code is DAN, and its ICAO code is KDAN.
Where is Danville Regional?
It is 3 miles east of Danville, Virginia, 571 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Danville Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 02/20, is 5,900 feet long.
Does Danville Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Danville Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Danville Regional?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Liberal Mid-America Regional. Every route
Are there flight schools at Danville Regional?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Averett University. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Danville Regional?
9 pilot examiners and 9 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Danville Regional…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DAN · ICAO KDAN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Danville
- Elevation
- 571 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; weekends, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1937
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 5,900 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 3,910 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 5,600 ft available for landing, tree 53 ft high 2,255 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 300 ft, 5,600 ft available for landing, tree 129 ft high 4,436 ft from the end
- Runway 13: VASI, two boxes on the left, tree 120 ft high 2,708 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 19 ft high 464 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Danville and rco | 122.2 | Danville |
| South Boston Center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.05 | |
| Dan and automated weather (ASOS) | 128.125 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 434-799-1701.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Raleigh Regional AT Person County (24 nm southeast), Rockingham County NC Shiloh (26 nm west), Burlington/Alamance Regional (32 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Virginia · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- VFR daylight use only; coordination with Danville municipal airport; FOLLOW-ON FAA inspection.
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate high-intensity runway lights runway 02/20, medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31, runway end identifier lights runways 13, 31, and 20, approach lights (MALSR) runway 02, VASI runway 13, and PAPIs runways 02, 20, and 31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude 800 feet above ground level light aircraft; 1500 feet above ground level turbine aircraft.
- Airport unattnd christmas day
- Slp to dthr 39:1.
- Runway 02 is designated calm wind runway.
- Trees penetrating 7:1 transitional surface, runway 31 both sides, first 1000 feet.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1 departures from DAN in those twelve months, carrying 2 passengers in 7 seats (29% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danville Regional → Liberal Mid-America Regional DAN–LBL | 1 | 2 | ADVANCED AIR, LLC |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 42 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 23,520, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 11,731 |
| general aviation, local | 11,731 |
| military | 58 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Danville from the FAA register
34 aircraft are registered to owners in Danville, Virginia: 31 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Averett University 10 aircraft · Danville Averett University is a private university in Danville, Virginia that offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs through traditional and online formats.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 9 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 9 aviation medical examiners, 6 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 7 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 8 engineering representatives, 7 training center evaluators, 3 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Travis Jeffrey Williams private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Danville Regional Airport · Danville, VA (0 nm) · (434) 250-4310 · [email protected]
- Doris Gatewood private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Shiloh Airport · Stoneville, NC (29 nm) · (540) 522-6115 · [email protected]
- Christopher Marshall Whittle private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Burlington, NC (32 nm) · (336) 264-0943 · [email protected]
- Francesco Gozzo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Oxford, NC (41 nm) · (919) 426-5494 · [email protected]
- Garland Michael Boone private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Triad Aviation Acadmey · Greensboro, NC (41 nm) · (336) 403-4622 · [email protected]
- Ronald Leo Horton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · SIGNATURE AVIATION · Greensboro, NC (41 nm) · (704) 519-6746 · [email protected]
- Robert Middleton III private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Forest, VA (42 nm) · (434) 426-0870 · [email protected]
- Andrew Walton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Lynchburg, VA (46 nm) · (434) 307-7393 · [email protected]
All 56 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 5 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Danville 34 aircraft · 31 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 piston twins
- Averett University 10 aircraft in town
- Averett University 10 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Liberal Mid-America Regional (LBL) 1 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 8 since 1982 · 5 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Virginia 1,361 since 1982 · 229 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Virginia 64 landing places
- Virginia 5,975 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/DAN.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 28, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.