Danbury Municipal Airport

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Coordinates: 41°22′18″N 073°28′56″W / 41.37167, -73.48222

Danbury Municipal Airport
FAA airport diagram
IATA: DXR – ICAO: KDXR – FAA: DXR
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Danbury
Location		Danbury, Connecticut
Elevation AMSL		458 ft / 140 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
8/26	4,422	1,348	Asphalt
17/35	3,135	956	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			79,282
Based aircraft			227
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Danbury Municipal Airport (IATA: DXR, ICAO: KDXR, FAA LID: DXR) is a public use general aviation airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Danbury, in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.^[1] The airport opened in 1930. It is currently run by the city of Danbury.

The Reliant Air Building burned down on the evening of September 12, 2007. Currently (as of September 13, 2007), the cause of the blaze is unknown. The hangar was located on the northeast side of the airport.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Danbury Municipal Airport covers 248 acres (1.00 km²) and has two runways:^[1]

Runway 8/26: 4,422 x 150 ft (1,348 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 17/35: 3,135 x 100 ft (956 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt

The airport has three instrument approaches:

Localizer Runway 8: Decision height - 643 feet (196 m) AGL
VOR or GPS-A: Decision height - 902 feet (275 m) AGL
GPS Runway 8: Decision height - 802 feet (244 m) AGL

For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2007, the airport had 79,282 aircraft operations, an average of 217 per day: 99% general aviation, <1% air taxi and <1% military. There are 227 aircraft based at this airport: 76% single engine, 21% multi-engine, 1% jet aircraft and 1% helicopters.^[1]