Coordinates: 31°19′17″N 085°26′59″W / 31.32139, -85.44972 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

FAA diagram of Dothan Regional Airport

Dothan Regional Airport (IATA: DHN, ICAO: KDHN, FAA LID: DHN) is a public airport located five miles (8 km) northwest of the central business district of Dothan, a city in Houston County, Alabama, United States.^[1] It is mostly used for military aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... A Location Identifier takes the place of the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, weather station, and manned air traffic control facility in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services. ... Dothan is a city located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... Asphalt is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits. ... “FAA” redirects here. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 412 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1570 × 2285 pixels, file size: 330 KB, MIME type: image/png) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 412 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1570 × 2285 pixels, file size: 330 KB, MIME type: image/png) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... FAA may refer to: Federal Aviation Administration in the United States Fleet Air Arm in the UK Royal Navy Fuerza Aérea Argentina in Argentina This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... “FAA” redirects here. ... A Location Identifier takes the place of the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, weather station, and manned air traffic control facility in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services. ... “km” redirects here. ... The Central Business District of Sydney, Australia. ... Dothan is a city located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. ... Houston County is a county of the State of Alabama. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ...

History

In 1941 the United States Army Air Corps constructed Napier Field, named in honor of Major Edward L. Napier of Union Springs, Alabama. One of the Army's first flight surgeons, he was killed in a plane crash at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio. The field was deactivated on October 31, 1945, and given to the City of Dothan and Houston County in 1946. Dothan Regional Airport opened to commercial activity on February 15, 1965.^[2] It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Union Springs is a city in Bullock County, Alabama, United States. ... McCook Field was an airfield and aviation experimentation station operated by the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps (later United States Army Air Service) of the United States Army from 1917-1927. ... : Gem City : Birthplace of Aviation United States Ohio Montgomery 56. ...

Facilities and aircraft

Dothan Regional Airport covers an area of 1,150 acres (465 ha) and has two runways:^[1] An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units and United States customary units. ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10 000 square metres, commonly used for measuring land area. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

• Runway 14/32: 8,498 x 150 ft. (2,590 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 18/36: 5,000 x 150 ft. (1,524 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt

For 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 89,159 aircraft operations, an average of 244 per day: 47% general aviation, 46% military, 5% scheduled commercial and 2% air taxi. There are 91 aircraft based at this airport: 42% single engine, 47% multi engine, 10% jet aircraft and 1% ultralights.^[1] General aviation (abbr. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Air charter. ... Ultralight aviation is a segment of aviation that is permitted in the United States of America by the FAA as long as certain weight, speed, and fuel capacity restrictions are observed. ...

Airlines and destinations

• Delta Air Lines
  • Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)

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References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} FAA Airport Master Record for DHN (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
2. ^ About Dothan Regional Airport, retrieved 2007-06-25

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External links

• Dothan Regional Airport (official web site)
• Dothan Regional Airport at WikiMapia
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF)
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KDHN
  • ASN accident history for DHN
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KDHN
  • FAA current DHN delay information