Dodge City Regional Airport

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Dodge City Regional Airport
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IATA: DDC – ICAO: KDDC – FAA LID: DDC
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Dodge City
Serves Dodge City, Kansas
Elevation AMSL 2,594 ft / 791 m
Coordinates 37°45′47″N 099°57′56″W / 37.76306°N 99.96556°W / 37.76306; -99.96556Coordinates: 37°45′47″N 099°57′56″W / 37.76306°N 99.96556°W / 37.76306; -99.96556
Map
DDC is located in Kansas
DDC
Location of airport in Kansas
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2/20 4,649 1,417 Asphalt
14/32 6,899 2,103 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 23,501
Based aircraft 33
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Dodge City Regional Airport (IATA: DDC, ICAO: KDDC, FAA LID: DDC) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Dodge City, in Ford County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service facility (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).[2] As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 4,701 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 3,373 enplanements in 2009, and 3,853 in 2010.[4]

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Facilities and aircraft [edit]

Dodge City Regional Airport covers an area of 451 acres (183 ha) at an elevation of 2,594 feet (791 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 14/32 is 6,899 by 100 feet (2,103 x 30 m) and 2/20 is 4,649 by 100 feet (1,417 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending January 31, 2008, the airport had 23,501 aircraft operations, an average of 64 per day: 77% general aviation, 16% scheduled commercial, 6% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 33 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine and 18% multi-engine.[1]

Airline and destinations [edit]

The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:

Airlines Destinations
Great Lakes Airlines Denver, Liberal

Top destinations [edit]

Busiest domestic routes out of DDC
(July 2010 - June 2011) [5]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Colorado Denver, CO 3,000 Great Lakes

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for DDC (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 25, 2011.
  2. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009. 
  4. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011. 
  5. ^ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=DDC&Airport_Name=Dodge%20City,%20KS:%20Dodge%20City%20Regional&carrier=FACTS

Other sources [edit]

  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket DOT-OST-1998-3502) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2009-9-5: re-selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Dodge City, Garden City, Great Bend, Hays, and Liberal for the two-year period from October 1, 2009, through September 30, 2011, at combined annual subsidy rates of $8,897,565.
    • Order 2011-10-24: re-selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Dodge City for $1,688,598 annual subsidy.

External links [edit]

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