Denison Municipal
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Denison Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Denison, 2 miles southwest of Denison, Iowa, 1,274 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 5,000 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KDNS · observed 4:55 pm CDT (21:55 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 29.85 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KDNS 062155Z AUTO 22009KT 10SM CLR 28/15 A2985 RMK AO2
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 DNS · ICAO KDNS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Denison
- Elevation
- 1,274 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1949
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 3,200 × 60 ft | Grass, poor |
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left, gnd 10 ft high 399 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Omaha and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.6 | |
| Dns and aWOS-3 | 119.95 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 712-263-6558.
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 Denison from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Denison, Iowa: 1 piston single, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Iowa.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 preset on low intst; to incr intst and activate PAPI runways 12 and 30 and runway end identifier lights runways 12 and 30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Closed NOV-APR.
- 6 feet brush 55 feet from runway end 125 feet right on approach 1:1 approach slope.
- 18/36 thresholds and sides marked with yellow cones.
- Rough surface
- Runway 30 is calm wind runway.
- Caution for wildlife in vicinity.
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.