Danville Regional Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Danville | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Danville, Virginia | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 571 ft / 174 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°34′20″N 079°20′10″W / 36.57222°N 79.33611°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.danville-va.gov/... | ||||||||||||||
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Danville Regional Airport (IATA: DAN, ICAO: KDAN, FAA LID: DAN) is three miles east of Danville, in southern Virginia.[1] The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a regional general aviation facility.[2]
The first scheduled flights to the airport were Eastern Airlines DC-3s in 1947; Eastern pulled out in 1964. Piedmont Airlines arrived in 1948.
The airport covers 800 acres (320 ha) at an elevation of 571 feet (174 m). It has two asphalt runways: 2/20 is 5,900 by 100 feet (1,798 x 30 m) and 13/31 is 3,910 by 100 feet (1,192 x 30 m).[1]
In the year ending December 31, 2019 the airport had 19,120 aircraft operations, average 52 per day: 100% general aviation and <1% military. In December 2019, 38 aircraft were based at the airport: 35 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, 1 jet, and 1 helicopter.[1]
In January 2017 the City Council of Danville approved a 3.1 million dollar project to rebuild taxiway A, and narrow it to 35 feet. Construction work was scheduled to begin in March 2017.[3]