Sky Harbor Airport & Seaplane Base
| Sky Harbor Airport Sky Harbor Airport & Seaplane Base |
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|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: KDYT – FAA LID: DYT | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Duluth Airport Authority | ||
| Serves | Duluth, Minnesota | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 610 ft / 186 m | ||
| Coordinates | 46°43′19″N 092°02′36″W / 46.72194°N 92.04333°W | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 14/32 | 3,050 | 930 | Asphalt |
| 13W/31W | 5,000 | 1,524 | Water |
| 9W/27W | 10,000 | 3,048 | Water |
| Statistics (2006) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 13,900 | ||
| Based aircraft | 36 | ||
| Sources: Minnesota DOT[1], FAA[2], Airport website[3] | |||
Sky Harbor Airport & Seaplane Base[1] or Sky Harbor Airport[2][3] (ICAO: KDYT, FAA LID: DYT) is a public airport in Duluth, Minnesota, United States.[2] It is located near the Wisconsin border, between Superior Bay and Lake Superior.[4] The airport is six nautical miles (11 km) southeast of the central business district of Duluth, Minnesota, on Minnesota Point within its city limits.[2]
The airport is owned by the Duluth Airport Authority and has been operating for over 50 years. It is one of only four airports in Minnesota offering both a hard surface runway for airplanes and water landing areas for seaplanes.[3]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Sky Harbor Airport is assigned DYT by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[5]
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[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Sky Harbor Airport covers an area of 70 acres (28 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway designated 14/32 which measures 3,050 by 75 feet (930 x 23 m). Runway 32 has a displaced threshold 658ft past the beginning of the hard surface leaving 2,392ft for landing. It also has two seaplane landing areas: 9W/27W is 5,000 by 1,500 feet (1,524 x 457 m) and 13W/31W is 10,000 by 2,000 feet (3,048 x 610 m).[2]
For the 12-month period ending May 30, 2006, the airport had 13,900 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day: 94% general aviation and 6% air taxi. At that time there were 36 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine, 6% multi-engine and 3% helicopter.[2]
[edit] History
Sky Harbor Airport was found in 1946 by Jack Brockway and William Neukom.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Sky Harbor Airport & Seaplane Base" (PDF). Airport Directory. Minnesota DOT. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/avoffice/ops/airdir/pdf/duluthskyharbor.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
- ^ a b c d e f FAA Airport Master Record for DYT (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
- ^ a b c Sky Harbor Airport, official site
- ^ Map of area around airport at MapQuest
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: KDYT - Duluth, Minnesota (Sky Harbor Airport)
[edit] External links
- FAA Terminal Procedures for DYT, effective 9 Feb 2012
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KDYT
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
