Danbury Municipal Airport

Danbury Municipal Airport
FAA airport diagram
IATA: DXR ICAO: KDXR FAA LID: DXR
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Danbury
Serves	Danbury, Connecticut
Location	Danbury, Connecticut
Hub for	Reliant Air
Elevation AMSL	458 ft / 140 m
Coordinates	41°22′18″N 073°28′56″W / 41.37167°N 73.48222°W / 41.37167; -73.48222Coordinates: 41°22′18″N 073°28′56″W / 41.37167°N 73.48222°W / 41.37167; -73.48222
Website	DXR Website
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 8/26 4,422 1,348 Asphalt 17/35 3,135 956 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations 61,270 Based aircraft 264
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

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. The airport opened in 1930. It is currently run by the city of Danbury. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a regional reliever airport facility.

The Reliant Air building burned down on the evening of September 12, 2007. The hangar was located on the northeast side of the airport. It has since been rebuilt and Reliant Air continues in business.

Danbury Municipal Airport covers 248 acres (1.00 km²) and has two runways:

The airport has three instrument approaches:

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 83,419 aircraft operations, an average of 228 per day: 56% local general aviation, 40% transient general aviation, 4% air taxi and <1% military. There are 265 aircraft based at this airport: 210 single engine, 48 multi-engine, 6 jet aircraft and 1 helicopter.