Denton Enterprise Airport
DTO · KDTO · Denton, Texas · Denton County · map
Denton Enterprise Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Denton, 3 miles west of Denton, Texas, 643 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18L/36R, is 7,002 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KDTO · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 62 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (020°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 51°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 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 KDTO 061853Z 02005KT 10SM CLR 29/11 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP160 T02890106
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 DTO · ICAO KDTO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Denton
- Elevation
- 643 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 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
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1946
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18L/36R | 7,002 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18R/36L | 5,003 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18L: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 6,502 ft available for landing, trees 20 ft high 720 ft from the end
- Runway 36R: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 100 ft, 6,502 ft available for landing, trees 20 ft high 890 ft from the end
- Runway 18R: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36L: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.95 | Denton |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Dto and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.325 | Denton |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 123.95 | Denton |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BOTCH) · Dallas Area Dp | 118.1 | Denton |
| Sasie and star · Truuk Rnav Star | 124.3 | Denton |
| Dodje and star · Reeko and star | 125.2 | Denton |
| Likes and star South | 125.8 | Denton |
| Dodje and star | 125.9 | Denton |
| Likes and star North | 135.975 | Denton |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 940-354-2971.
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 Denton from the FAA register
496 aircraft are registered to owners in Denton, Texas: 322 piston singles, 108 helicopters, 46 piston twins, 6 business jets, 5 turboprops. 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 Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 38 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
- Runway 18L designated as a calm wind runway.
- Dusk to dawn when the control tower closed, medium-intensity runway lights runway 18L/36R and 18R/36L preset to low intst; to incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 18L - the common traffic frequency.
- Obstruction clnc 49:1 to dthr ovr 20 feet trees, 980 dstc, 40:1 ovr localizer ant, 600 feet dstc.
- 15 feet localizer ant, 500 feet dstc, obstruction clnc 20:1, 40:1 to dthr.
- Airport closed to ultralights and gliders.
- Mowing operations on airport MAY-SEP.
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.