Detroit Lakes/Wething Field
DTL · KDTL · Detroit Lakes, Minnesota · Becker County · map
Detroit Lakes/Wething Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Detroit Lakes, 2 miles west of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, 1,396 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 5,201 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KDTL · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 24,000 feet
- Temperature 74°F (23°C), dew point 49°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.76 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 KDTL 062015Z AUTO 29011KT 10SM FEW240 23/10 A2976 RMK AO2 T02310096
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 DTL · ICAO KDTL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Detroit Lakes
- Elevation
- 1,396 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: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 5,201 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 1,890 × 250 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF)
- Runway 36: trees 45 ft high 618 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Dtl and aWOS-3PT | 119.075 | |
| Alexandria and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 218-847-8626.
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 Detroit Lakes from the FAA register
29 aircraft are registered to owners in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota: 24 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 drones, 1 balloon. 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 Minnesota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 1 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
- Activate malsf runway 32; runway end identifier lights runway 14; high-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 14 and 32 operates continuously.
- Owned also by Becker county.
- Not plowed winter months.
- Cones.
- Cones.
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.