Shreveport Downtown Airport
DTN · KDTN · Shreveport, Louisiana · Bossier County · map
Shreveport Downtown Airport is a public-use airport owned by Shreveport Arpt Authority, 3 miles north of Shreveport, Louisiana, 180 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 5,017 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 175 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 40,840 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KDTN · observed 4:53 pm CDT (21:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 87°F (31°C), dew point 53°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 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 KDTN 062153Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 31/12 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP131 T03060117
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 DTN · ICAO KDTN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Shreveport Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 180 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 5,017 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 4,198 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 63 ft high 1,844 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the right, trees 79 ft high 2,226 ft from the end
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, fence 6 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 40 ft high 1,800 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.225 | Downtown |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery arriving from headings 153 to 319; When tower closed | 119.9 | Downtown |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.65 | Downtown |
| Approach and departure arriving from headings 320 to 152 | 123.75 | Downtown |
| Dtn and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.525 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 318-425-7967.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 40,840, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Shreveport from the FAA register
274 aircraft are registered to owners in Shreveport, Louisiana: 126 piston singles, 79 helicopters, 20 turboprops, 19 business jets, 18 piston twins. 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 Louisiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 14 since 1982, 4 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
- All VFR traffic remain within 1 1/2 miles northeast through southwest from the center of the airport due to shreveport/barksdale afb class C airspace.
- 100LL available 24 hour self service with credit card.
- +6 feet fence 120 feet from runway end air carriers approach; +15 feet road 188 feet from runway end.
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degreess right of centerline
- +15 feet road 188 feet from end of runway; approach slope 27:1 based on displaced thld.
- Runway 14 designated calm wind runway.
- Wildlife - deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.