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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 420 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 216,755 takeoffs and landings a year. About 14 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KDTO · observed 10:15 am CDT (15:15 UTC), 22 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (230°) at 16 knots, gusting to 24
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 68°F (20°C)
- Altimeter 30.09 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)
SPECI KDTO 111515Z 23016G24KT 10SM CLR 26/20 A3009 RMK AO2 T02560200
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.
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1946
Runways 2
For understanding the field, 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 309 |
| multi-engine | 62 |
| jets | 34 |
| helicopters | 15 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 216,755, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 4 |
| air taxi and commuter | 3,319 |
| general aviation, travelling | 106,460 |
| general aviation, local | 106,922 |
| military | 50 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
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
495 aircraft are registered to owners in Denton, Texas: 322 piston singles, 107 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Perot Fld/Fort Worth Alliance Airport (14 nm southwest), Decatur Municipal (19 nm west), Dallas-Fort Worth International (20 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Texas · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Denton, by their names on the register:
- Concho Valley Flyers LLC 1 aircraft
Charter operators and airlines based in Denton:
- Med-Trans Corporation 151 aircraft on the certificate Med-Trans Corporation is an air ambulance operator that provides customized air medical transport programs to health systems, medical centers, and EMS agencies across the United States.
Repair stations in Denton:
- Aerospace Instrument Support INC
- Aviation Repair Group
- Aviation Repair Services, INC
- Helicopter Structures INC
- Pickering Aviation Services
- Tech Aero Avionics, LLC
- US Aviation Group LLC
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
37 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 37 for private pilot, 37 for commercial and instrument, 26 for airline transport pilot, 32 for flight instructor, 5 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 32 for airplanes, 25 for multi-engine airplanes, 6 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 6 sport aviation examiners, 39 aviation medical examiners, 6 mechanic examiners, 9 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 17 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 24 engineering representatives, 6 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 105 training center evaluators, 151 aircrew program designees, 8 training center examiners, 7 administrative pilot examiners.
- Christopher Charles Webb private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Denton, TX (0 nm) · (469) 601-5695 · chriswebbdpe@gmail.com
- Dale Williamson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, helicopters · Hangar 10 Flying Museum · Denton, TX (0 nm) · (817) 657-4726 · dalewilliamson50@gmail.com
- James Harry Lightfoot private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Denton, TX (0 nm) · (817) 721-0091 · lightfootdpe@yahoo.com
- Victor Erik Wilson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Northlake, TX (9 nm) · (817) 713-2334 · wilson.erik@gmail.com
- Patrick Edward Cannon private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, balloons · Lewisville, TX (10 nm) · (214) 649-2286 · p.e.cannon@turbineair.com
- Juan Rivera private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lewisville, TX (15 nm) · (806) 773-7859 · my1specialist@gmail.com
- Ashley Noel Snider private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Decatur, TX (19 nm) · (210) 544-4243 · ashleysnider09@gmail.com
- William Albert Peterson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Colleyville, TX (19 nm) · (817) 360-3506 · bill@cavokvt.com
All 415 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Denton 495 aircraft · 322 piston singles, 107 helicopters, 46 piston twins
- Wings Over Texas Holdings LLC 257 aircraft in town
- Med-Trans CORP 82 aircraft in town
- Med Trans CORP 13 aircraft in town
- Med-Trans Corporation 8 aircraft in town
- Med-Trans Corporation 151 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Concho Valley Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Aerospace Instrument Support INC · repair station
- Aviation Repair Group · repair station
- Aviation Repair Services, INC · repair station
- Helicopter Structures INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 38 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,068 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 392 landing places
- Texas 29,860 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/DTO.json.
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 9, 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.