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

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned DTO by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

History

Established in 1942. During 1943 and 1944 was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a contract glider training airfield. Known as Denton Field. Harte Flying Service provided instruction. Used primarily 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.

Inactivated on late 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. Declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on 30 September 1945. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and became a civil airport in December 1946.

Facilities and aircraft

Denton Municipal Airport covers an area of 700 acres (283 ha) at an elevation of 642 feet (196 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 17/35 which measures 5,999 by 150 feet (1,828 x 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending March 7, 2009, the airport had 105,010 aircraft operations, an average of 287 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 179 aircraft based at this airport: 73% single-engine, 16% multi-engine, 6% jet, 4% helicopter and 1% glider.

The Airport has 3 flight schools:

• US Flight Academy
• All American Helicopters
• Longhorn Helicopters