Denton Enterprise Airport[2] (ICAO: KDTO, FAA LID: DTO), also known as Denton Airport and previously Denton Municipal Airport, is a city-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Denton, a city in Denton County, Texas, United States.[1]

Denton Enterprise Airport
USGS aerial image, January 1996
IATA: none ICAO: KDTO FAA LID: DTO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Denton
Serves	Denton, Texas
Elevation AMSL	642 ft / 196 m
Coordinates	33°12′03″N 097°11′53″W
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 7,002 2,134 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 105,010 Based aircraft 218
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of DTO by the Federal Aviation Administration, but it does not have an International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code.[1][3][4]

History

The airport was established in 1942 and used during 1943–44 by the United States Army Air Forces as a contract glider training airfield. It was known at the time as Denton Field. Harte Flying Service provided instruction. It was used primarily by C-47 Skytrains and Waco CG-4 unpowered Gliders. The mission of the school was to train glider pilot students in proficiency in operation of gliders in various types of towed and soaring flight, both day and night, and in servicing of gliders in the field.

It was inactivated in late 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. It was then declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on September 30, 1945. It was eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and became a civil airport in December 1946.

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Facilities and aircraft

Denton Municipal Airport covers an area of 700 acres (280 ha) at an elevation of 642 feet (196 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways designated 18L,18R/36L,36R which measures 7,002 x 150 feet (2,134 x 46 m) and 5,003 x 75 feet (1,525 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 7, 2009, the airport had 105,010 aircraft operations, an average of 288 per day. At that time there were 218 aircraft based at the airport: 77% single-engine, 13% multi-engine, and >1% jet, helicopter and glider.[1]

The airport has 2 flight schools:

• In The Pattern
• US Aviation Academy

The airport also has 2 fixed-base operators (FBO):

• US Trinity Aviation
• US Jet Center

Additionally, the Hangar 10 Flying Museum is located here.

See also

• Texas World War II Army Airfields

References

External links

• Denton Airport at City of Denton web site
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective May 19, 2022
• FAA Terminal Procedures for DTO, effective May 19, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for DTO
  • AirNav airport information for DTO
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for DTO