Danbury Municipal
DXR · KDXR · Danbury, Connecticut · Fairfield County · map
Danbury Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Danbury, 3 miles southwest of Danbury, Connecticut, 457 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 4,421 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 211 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 48,015 takeoffs and landings a year. About 69 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Danbury Municipal?
Its FAA code is DXR, and its ICAO code is KDXR.
Where is Danbury Municipal?
It is 3 miles southwest of Danbury, Connecticut, 457 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Danbury Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 08/26, is 4,421 feet long.
Does Danbury Municipal have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Danbury Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Danbury Municipal?
Airline flights go to 7 airports, the busiest of them Nantucket Memorial, Patrick Leahy Burlington International, Francis S Gabreski, East Hampton, Washington Dulles International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Danbury Municipal?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Housatonic Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Danbury Municipal?
13 pilot examiners and 50 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Danbury Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DXR · ICAO KDXR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Danbury
- Elevation
- 457 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,243 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to dusk
- 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
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 4,421 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 3,135 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 08: localizer with DME, threshold displaced 367 ft, trees 15 ft high 230 ft from the end
- Runway 26: threshold displaced 734 ft, trees 88 ft high 450 ft from the end
- Runway 17: threshold displaced 223 ft, pole 22 ft high 600 ft from the end
- Runway 35: threshold displaced 231 ft, trees 30 ft high 350 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.4 | Danbury |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Dxr and automated weather (ASOS) | 127.75 | Danbury |
| Clearance delivery When dxr tower closed | 128.6 | Danbury |
| Ground | 121.6 | Danbury |
| Approach and departure · Valre and star | 126.4 | Danbury |
| Nobbi and star · Valre and star | 120.8 | Danbury |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 203-791-8227.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Waterbury-Oxford Airport (17 nm east), Bridgeport/Sikorsky Airport (20 nm southeast), Westchester County (21 nm southwest).
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 Connecticut · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Rotating beacon located one mile south of airport on top of a hill.
- Aircraft using runway 35 are not vsb from tower descending below 1300 feet on base leg until apchg 1/2 MI final due to natural trrn.
- When the control tower closed, activate runway end identifier lights runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- 1743 feet above ground level turboprop/jet.
- Runway closed nights.
- +9 feet fence 170 feet from threshold.
- 5 feet fence 50 feet from threshold; +15 feet road 94 feet from threshold.
- +6 feet fence 75 feet from threshold.
- +8 feet fence 150 feet from threshold; +17 feet road 120 feet from threshold.
- Approach ratio 12:1 based on displaced threshold.
- Approach ratio 28:1 to displaced threshold.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 10 departures from DXR in those twelve months, carrying 39 passengers in 80 seats (49% filled), to 7 destinations on 1 airline.
All 7 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 170 |
| multi-engine | 23 |
| jets | 9 |
| helicopters | 9 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 48,015, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,377 |
| general aviation, travelling | 23,991 |
| general aviation, local | 22,300 |
| military | 347 |
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Danbury from the FAA register
65 aircraft are registered to owners in Danbury, Connecticut: 44 piston singles, 9 business jets, 4 turboprops, 4 piston twins, 3 helicopters. 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 Connecticut.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Housatonic Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Danbury The Flying 20 Club is a flying club based at Danbury Airport (KDXR) in Connecticut, founded in 1940.
Charter operators and airlines based in Danbury:
- Reliant Air Charter, Inc. 5 aircraft on the certificate Reliant Air Charter operates jet charter services from Danbury Airport in Connecticut, serving the northeastern United States.
- FL Aviation Corp. 2 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Danbury:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); 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
13 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 12 for private pilot, 12 for commercial and instrument, 6 for airline transport pilot, 12 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 10 for airplanes, 9 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 50 aviation medical examiners, 16 mechanic examiners, 6 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 5 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 10 engineering representatives, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 33 training center evaluators, 5 training center examiners.
- Christopher R Hand private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · oxford airport · oxford, CT (17 nm) · (914) 548-5191 · [email protected]
- Heather Michele Howley private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Independent Helicopters · New Windsor, NY (29 nm) · (845) 549-3755 · [email protected]
- Nicholas John Gregory private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · New Rochelle, NY (29 nm) · (914) 424-9030 · [email protected]
- Robert Joseph Nardiello private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Interstate Aviation · Plainville, CT (34 nm) · (860) 416-2726 · [email protected]
- Thomas Maciej Jablonski instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Ramsey, NJ (35 nm) · (321) 591-6474 · [email protected]
- Neil Devon Rose private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Take Flight Aviation · Montgomery, NY (36 nm) · (718) 868-8855 · [email protected]
- P Rivera-Hagarty private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lake Ronkonkoma, NY (37 nm) · (631) 836-2147 · [email protected]
- Eduardo Sosa private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Farmingdale, NY (39 nm) · (516) 384-3548 · [email protected]
All 142 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.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 52 since 1982, 8 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
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Danbury 65 aircraft · 44 piston singles, 9 business jets, 4 turboprops
- Darcy Aviation LLC 7 aircraft in town
- Missionair INC 4 aircraft in town
- Sunshine Holding LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Millrock Aviation Financial LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Reliant Air Charter, Inc. 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- FL Aviation Corp. 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Housatonic Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Schaeffler Aerospace USA Corporation · repair station
- Nantucket Memorial (ACK) 4 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Patrick Leahy Burlington International (BTV) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Francis S Gabreski (FOK) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- East Hampton (HTO) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Newport (NPT) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Portsmouth International AT Pease (PSM) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 52 since 1982 · 8 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Connecticut 521 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Connecticut 22 landing places
- Connecticut 1,609 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/DXR.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 21, 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.