| DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport | |||
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| IATA: DTMA – ICAO: KDKB – FAA LID: DKB | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of DeKalb | ||
| Location | DeKalb, Illinois | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 914 ft / 279 m | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 2/20 | 7,025 | 2,141 | Asphalt |
| 9/27 | 4,200 | 1,280 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (na) | |||
| Aircraft operations | na | ||
| Source: [2] | |||
Opened in April 1944, DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport (FAA LID: DKB, ICAO: KDKB, IATA: DTMA) is a general aviation airport and is situated on 920 acres (3.7 km2) at an elevation of 914 ft (279 m) and located two miles (3.2 km) east of DeKalb, Illinois, United States. DTMA is located approx. 60 mi (97 km) west of Chicago. The airport is open 24-hours a day and is owned by the city of DeKalb.
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Currently, 70 aircraft (61 single engine, four twin engine, three turbo prop, one jet and one helicopter) are based at the airport. In 2007, there was an average of 74 daily aircraft operations (73% transient general aviation, 23% local general aviation and 4% air taxi operations)[1].
KDMA has four runways: runway 2/20 measures 7,025 ft x 100 ft (2,141 m x 30 m) and runway 9/27 measures 4,200 ft x 75 ft (1,280 m x 23 m). Furthermore, all runways are surfaced with asphalt and grooved[2]. Runway 02 is equipped with an instrument landing system (ILS), which allows for instrument approaches. Moreover, GPS approaches can be made to all runways[1][3]. Runway 2/20 is fully suitable for take-offs of corporate aircraft, such as the Boeing Business Jet, for non-stop flights to Europe and China[1][4].
DeKalb Flight Center, which is the airport's fixed base operator (FBO), provides a wide-range of airport services, including the following: Aviation fuel Avgas 100LL, Jet A, aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), aircraft de-icing, hangars, hangar leasing / sales, GPU / power cart, flight training, charter services, aircraft rental and aircraft parts[5]. Furthermore, wireless LAN (WLAN) access is available to all DeKalb Flight Center customers.