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).
Weather right now KDAN · observed 3:53 pm EDT (19:53 UTC), 43 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 69°F (21°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.13 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:22 pm EDT (17:22 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KDAN 061953Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM CLR 21/07 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP195 T02060072
TAF KDAN 061722Z 0618/0718 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM071300 21006KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Virginia.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.